The mother of a 19-year-old found dead in the woods in Webster County is asking the community to come forward with information as investigators work to determine what happened.
Family, friends, and city leaders gathered Friday to say goodbye to Alexis Hill, the general manager of the Dollar General on Victory Drive who was shot and killed while on the job June 23.
The persistent ridge of high pressure that has kept temperatures and humidity elevated this week will weaken a little bit over the Fourth of July weekend and early next week.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Webster County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths of two 17-year-old boys found in Preston, about 20 miles west of Americus.
As we get set for America’s 250th, the National Infantry Museum is having a free festival on the Fourth of July. Their headline performer is a famous Army Ranger from Columbus. The now country singer and national motivational speaker talked to News Leader 9 about music, faith and being in the real “Black Hawk Down.”
They’ll be participating in “Operation Dry Water,” a nationwide effort to stop impaired boating, and ALEA officials say all troopers in the marine patrol division will be on the water.
Columbus Police K9 Havoc is recovering and getting stronger each day following a shooting last week connected to a deadly incident at a Dollar General on Victory Drive, according to Survival Flight crews.
Two Opelika business owners have been arrested following a joint investigation into alleged illegal operations at several local vape and CBD businesses, the Opelika Police Department said.
Jurors in the murder trial of Elijah Smith heard testimony Wednesday from a medical examiner, the lead detective and a defense witness in the deaths of two men killed at a Columbus block party in April 2022.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are increasing enforcement on the state’s waterways this Fourth of July weekend, citing 12 road fatalities and two water fatalities during last year’s Independence Day travel period.
With summer heat pushing air conditioning systems to work harder, a local HVAC company is urging homeowners to schedule routine maintenance before small problems become costly breakdowns.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed a New World screwworm in a South Texas calf on June 3, 2026, raising concerns among cattle farmers in Georgia and Alabama about what a potential outbreak could mean for their livelihoods.
Jackson Hospital has issued a statement days after postponing a scheduled news conference to discuss its future and possible closure amid ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
