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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - There is currently a police presence on Whittlesey Blvd. The Columbus Police Department is in front of Ross Dress for Less in Columbus Park Crossing. However, it is unknown at this time what is causing this presence. Stay with News Leader 9 as we learn more...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The daughter of the man arrested in connection to a body found buried in a Columbus backyard spoke out. The 17-year-old identified herself as having “Catron” as her last name as she didn’t want to reveal her first name. On June 29, we...

Clarence Catron Jr., was arrested Wednesday evening after a body was found in his backyard. His wife, Julie Catron, was last seen in November 2021. Here’s what we know

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) – The Phenix City Police Department is requesting public assistance locating Ethan Alexander Boyt. Boyt is wanted for shooting into an occupied building and unoccupied vehicle; both are felony charges. The incident occurred on June 24 at Dolphin Drive in Phenix City, Alabama. According to law enforcement, it is unknown if […]

LaGRANGE, Ga. (WRBL) — The Troup County Sheriff’s Office responded to a potential stabbing on June 30 at around 7:11 p.m. Upon arriving, deputies found the victim with severe injuries on his neck. The victim advised that a Joey McClendon had struck him with a shovel. Deputies found McLendon in the nearby woods and proceeded […]

COLUMBUS, GA. (WRBL) – Several loved ones attended the court hearing of 57-year-old Clarence Catron in recorder’s court on Friday morning. He has been charged with concealing the death of another after a body was found in his backyard that the Muscogee County Coroner’s Officer believes is his wife’s, Julie Catron.

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - The Investigation Division of the Phenix City Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a wanted man. Ethan Alexander Boyt is currently wanted for shooting into an occupied dwelling and shooting into an unoccupied vehicle (felony charges). The incident occurred June 24, 2022, on Dolphin Drive in Phenix City, Alabama. Boyt was last seen the day of the incident.

COLUMBUS, Ga. — A Georgia community has raised more than $5,000 to help the family of a 3-year-old boy who died in a hot car in Columbus last week. Kendrick Engram Jr. died on June 26 after he was found in a family member’s car outside a Wendy’s.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — There are new developments into the death of a woman that the Muscogee County Coroner’s office believes to be 64-year-old Julie Catron. According to Muscogee County Jail records, Clarence Catron was booked into jail and charged with concealing a death. Police chief Freddie Blackmon tells News 3 that the arrest is […]

Julie Marie Catron, 64, had been missing since November 2021.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a woman who went missing on June 19, 2022, sometime during the half-hour of 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Columbus Police say that Jwane’ Simone Price, 27, went missing from the 6600 block of Kitten Lake Drive, and she […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a man who has been missing since around Sept. 23, 2018. Police say that Reginald Dekeith Mims, aka Raykeith, was last seen near Hamilton Road and 31st St. Anyone with information on Mims whereabouts is asked to either call […]

According to the Muscogee County Coroner's Office, a body has been found buried in the backyard of a house on Carriage Drive.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The family of a three-year-old Columbus boy who died in a hot car speaks out and explains how the tragedy happened. They sat down for a one-on-one interview with News Leader 9. Cassandra Thomas couldn’t hold back the tears as she tried to revisit a busy...

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