Columbus, GA

Phenix City, AL

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - They stand tall and somewhat awkwardly gazing over certain intersections in Phenix City. These poles aren’t like other poles. Instead, they’re waiting and watching, ready to snitch if you push it through the red light. The city says they are necessary for proper law...

WTVM Investigates: Red light cameras in Phenix City more for safety or city profit

Alabama State

PHENIX CITY, AL. (WTVM) - A man from East Alabama looking for organ donor for his wife, is going above and beyond on the hunt. News Leader 9′s Gabriela Johnson spent some time speaking with the couple and the message from their conversations was, “ask and ye shall receive.”

Phenix City man in search of a kidney for his wife

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Many of us know someone touched by Alzheimer’s Disease, because 1 in 3 seniors dies from the devastating illness every year. You might not know that Alzheimer’s kills more seniors than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. Six million Americans suffer with Alzheimer’s today and by 2050, that number will balloon to 13 million.

WTVM Editorial 03/22/23: Dancing Against Dementia

Chambers County, AL

Tallapoosa, GA

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - The 3rd annual Motorcycle Ride for the Tallapoosa Girls Ranch is approaching. The third annual Motorcycle Ride for the Tallapoosa Girls Ranch, will be on Saturday, March 25. This year’s event theme and phrase is “It Takes a Village”. This event is...

Chambers Co. community to host annual Motorcycle Ride for Tallapoosa Girls Ranch

Las Vegas, NV

LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - An off-duty pilot from another airline stepped in to help a Southwest flight crew after a pilot suffered a medical emergency. According to Southwest Airlines, flight 6013 from Las Vegas to Columbus returned to Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday morning after one of the pilots needed medical attention.

Off-duty pilot helps land Southwest flight after captain suffers medical emergency

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - It’s that fun time of the year again... the Special Tennis Games are back in Columbus. The Columbus Regional Tennis Association is hosting the games today and tomorrow at the Cooper Creek Tennis Center. More than 300 athletes from local elementary, middle and high school...

Special Tennis Games kicks off at Cooper Creek in Columbus

Georgia State

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A shooting investigation is underway on Urban Avenue in Columbus. According to the Columbus Police Department, the shooting happened in the 3000 block of Urban Avenue and has left one person injured. The conditions of the victim are unknown at this time. Stay with us as...

Shooting investigation underway on Urban Avenue in Columbus, 1 person injured

Auburn, AL

Auburn, GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Auburn police arrest a Valley man for multiple charges, including gun possession, after a traffic stop. According to officials, on March 21, 37-year-old Antonio Isiah Key was charged with certain persons forbidden to possess a pistol and failure to appear in court. Police say the arrest...

Valley man arrested in Auburn following traffic stop

Harris County, GA

Hamilton, GA

HARRIS COUNTY, Ga. (WTVM) - The public is invited to attend or show off their cars, at the Harris County High School “County Cars and Handlebars Car Show” on Saturday, April 8. Admission for spectators is free. The car show event will begin at 10a.m and last until...

“County Cars and Handlebars Car Show” to benefit Harris County student programs

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Chattahoochee Boys and Girls Club is helping middle and high school students turn dreams into financial success - a program called ‘Secure the Bag’. The event is set for March 29 at the Boys and Girls Club on Cusseta Road. The event begins...

Chattahoochee Boys and Girls Club holds resource fair for teens

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus top cop Chief Freddie Blackmon is breaking his silence as his job hangs in the balance. He spoke on camera for the first time since an internal assessment called his leadership into question. Blackmon says he received a severance package on March 15, the following...

EXCLUSIVE: Columbus Police Chief breaks silence with on-camera interview

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Following an uptick in shootings and gun-related deaths and injuries in Columbus in recent years, one group of men and women joined forces Tuesday to put boots on the ground to help combat crime. ‘Communities of Peace,’ or C.O.P., is a grassroots organization led by non-Columbus-natives....

Communities of Peace works to combat crime in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - WTVM’s job fair took place from 10AM-2PM on Thursday at Columbus State University. For the company Realtree Outdoors, they hired inters at the fair in 2022 who are now employees. “Last year we attended the was our first year at the job fair, and we kind of didn’t know what to expect, but it was great and we met a lot of people. some of the interns who we hired there last year are here with us today,” says Bennett.

WTVM Job Fair held Thursday at Columbus State University

Opelika, AL

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Opelika’s Baby Jane Doe, now identified as Amore Wiggins’ remains, were found in Brookhaven mobile home Park in 2012. As of last year, with the help of a forensic DNA company… Amore’s biological father, Lamar Vickerstaff Jr., was arrested and charged with felony murder, while her stepmom, Ruth Vickerstaff, is facing a failure to report a missing child charge.

Court proceedings for Lamar Vickerstaff continue in Lee County

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Hundreds of families in the Chattahoochee Valley have lost loved ones due to gun violence. We’re taking a deeper look into one of the neighborhoods where homeowners tell us gunshots are fired there so often that they have become numb. News Leader 9′s Ashlee Williams...

“Hardcore isn’t picking up a pistol and killing someone. That’s cowardly.” Columbus homeowners talk crime

Smiths Station, AL

SMITHS STATION, Ala. (WTVM) - The Alabama firefighter community is mourning one of their own. A local fire official, Tim Jennings, has passed away. Jennings worked for the Alabama Fire College. He was able to train others as the regional coordinator for region Seven, which covers areas including Russell, Lee,...

Smiths Station community mourning loss of fire fighter

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus Police Chief Freddie Blackmon laid a strategic plan for Columbus City Council on March 14. Now, a week later, local journalist and NAACP President Wane Hailes believe Blackmon will soon be out as top cop. “What we’re hearing in the street is that Mayor Skip...

Possible severance package underway for Columbus Police Chief

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - The Opelika Police Department will be hosting a memorial and candlelight vigil to honor Amore Wiggins (Opelika’s Baby Jane Doe). The memorial will take place on Sunday, April 2. The service will be held in the Lee County Courthouse Square in downtown Opelika beginning at 5:00 p.m.

Opelika police to host memorial, candlelight vigil in honor of Amore Wiggins

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - There was a time when a majority of young people dreamed of getting married but, that’s changed. Overall 48 percent of Americans of all ages are married and today only 29 percent of African Americans are married. Why are so many men and women single?...

Local pastors to host ‘Before I Say I Do’ brunch in Phenix City

Atlanta, GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Piedmont Columbus Regional has announced plans to create the region’s only freestanding Children’s Hospital in the former Doctors Hospital building. Hospital leadership revealed on March 23 that the former Doctors Hospital on the Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown campus at 19th Street will become the Bill and Olivia Amos Children’s Hospital.

Former Doctors Hospital building to become freestanding children’s hospital

Manchester, GA

MANCHESTER, Ga. (WTVM) - The Meriwether Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman was shot in Manchester. On March 19, around 11:38 p.m., personnel responded to a reported person shot in the 100 block of Tuskegee Lane in Manchester, according to Meriwether County Sheriff Chuck Smith,. Upon arrival, deputies...

Woman in critical condition after shot on Tuskegee Lane in Manchester

Troup County, GA

Lagrange, GA

LAGRANGE, Ga. (WTVM) - Residents of Troup County now have a new mayor in town. Back In 1998, Reverend Edmondson was elected to the LaGrange City Council as a representative for District 2. During his tenure, he has helped bring projects to LaGrange like ‘The Thread’ and ‘Great Wolf Lodge’. Edmondson says he is overwhelmed with joy to be the new mayor of LaGrange.

City of LaGrange elects first Black mayor

Lee County, AL

AUBRUN, Ala. (WTVM) - Several local law enforcement agencies are on a mission to raise funds for the Lee County Special Olympics at the 2023 Cops on Top event. This year, the Auburn Police Department will raise money at the Kroger on Dean Road on, Friday, April 14, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Opelika Police Department will fundraise at the Tiger Town Kroger at the same time with help from the Lee County Sherriff’s Department.

Law enforcement agencies to host Cops on Top fundraiser in Lee Co.

Fort Mitchell, AL

Fortson, GA

Midland, GA

Upatoi, GA

Seale, AL

Cataula, GA

Ellerslie, GA

Holy Trinity, AL

Cusseta, GA

Salem, AL

Box Springs, GA

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January fog and gloom sticks around with pretty warm conditions

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - While there’s a lot of moisture in the air, measurable rainfall will be limited until later Thursday into Friday. That’s when we...

January fog and gloom sticks around with pretty warm conditions

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