Muscogee County, GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – The Columbus Children’s Book Festival returned to the Columbus Public Library this past weekend. On Friday, four notable authors spent time with Muscogee County School District students, sharing their passion behind the books they’ve created. One author in attendance was children’s author Marc Brown created “Arthur” back in the 1970.“Arthur” turned […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – Columbus Police Chief Freddie Blackmon joined News 3 in the studio on Thursday to address a number of topics including gun safety, recruitment efforts, and crime trends here in Columbus. Muscogee County’s homicide count for 2022 is about half of what it was at this point in 2021. Chief Blackmon says […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The day has come that many students have longed for - graduation day! WTVM is streaming all Harris County and Muscogee County graduations. Scheduled dates and times are subject to change. All times are eastern.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – Big changes and improvements are on the way for Muscogee County Schools. The school district plans for multiple construction projects to be completed when students return in the Fall. Chief Operations and Facilities Officer for the Muscogee County School District, Travis Anderson, highlighted these upgrades at the May 9 School Board […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – The escaped inmate incident from Lauderdale County has garnered national attention; in Muscogee County, Sheriff Countryman is working to deter these types of relationships from ever forming.  Sheriff Countryman says he has been following this story just as the rest of the country has. He says he does feel for the […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Often, we tell you about signing for college sports, but tonight the Muscogee County School District honored graduates who have committed to enter one of the branches of the Armed Forces. These brave women and men are taking steps to protect us from all enemies, foreign...

Here are the pending sale prices and the plans to revitalize the surplus properties. The school board is scheduled to vote on the agreements May 16.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Columbus Police Department kicked off the Georgia Special Olympics today. The community was invited to the 39th Annual Special Olympics Torch Run at the Public Safety Building on 10th Street. Registration started at 8 a.m., then the opening ceremony followed at 9 a.m. The route...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Columbus Police Department kicked off the Georgia Special Olympics today. The community was invited to the 39th Annual Special Olympics Torch Run at the Public Safety Building on 10th Street. Registration started at 8 a.m., then the opening ceremony followed at 9 a.m. The route...

Students, principal describe the impact she makes at their school. Plus, read our Q&A with the winner.

Athletes from Northside, Columbus, St. Anne-Pacelli and Brookstone were nominated by Muscogee County coaches. You can vote as many times as you’d like until voting ends Friday!

After adding over 425,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 80.7 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 980,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

The board is scheduled to vote May 16 on these recommendations, including six new assistant principals.

We’ve got a few clouds out there this morning, but by the afternoon, we’ll see tons of sunshine and temps slightly below average for this time of the year. Today’s high about 80 degrees. We’ll remain dry with lots of sunshine for much of the week ahead....

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Advance voting has started in Georgia and will continue for the next two weeks. This week’s Sunday Conversation is with Muscogee County Director of Elections and Registrations Nancy Boren. She talks about early voting hours and locations, the county’s lone dropbox, changes in the law and what she expects turnout to […]

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) – After nearly two months in the hospital, a shooting victim was pronounced dead this Saturday afternoon. Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan confirms that 26- year-old Brandon Jones was pronounced dead at 4:35 p.m. in Piedmont’s ICU. Jones was shot on Mar. 17 while driving on Forest Road at Urban Ave. His […]

We could not have asked for a better Mother’s Day weekend! We’re starting out in the 50s this morning, but we’ll warm up to near 80 degrees once again today. We’ll see a few high clouds this afternoon, but no rain is in sight for your Mother’s Day!

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (WTVM) - Law enforcement from all over the Chattahoochee Valley came together Saturday as the City of Smiths Station hosted its Regional Emergency Preparedness Day. Officials say this event was to help prepare the community for anything that could happen from natural disasters to man-made emergencies. Chance...

MUSCOGEE COUNTY, Ga. (WTVM) - Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is working to help the Muscogee County sheriff’s department. During a Homeland Security Committee hearing, he secured a commitment from Homeland Security to help the sheriff’s department stop drug trafficking along the Chattahoochee River. “I want to draw your...