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Loachapoka, AL

Alabama State

LOACHAPOKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Congratulations to former Kinetic Credit Union Scholar Athlete of the Week, Taylah Murph, for signing to play basketball at Coastal Alabama Community College - North. “I have a teammate that’s already there, and with her being there, it’s just like rekindling high school memories,” Murph said...

Loachapoka’s Taylah Murph signs with Coastal Alabama

Missouri State

Auburn, AL

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The No. 12 Auburn gymnastics team is officially into the NCAA postseason and will be the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Gymnastics Los Angeles Regional held March 29-April 1. The Tigers will kick things off in the NCAA Regional second round on March 30 and...

No. 12 Auburn gymnastics team prepares for 2023 NCAA Regionals

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

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) - 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

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - As temperatures continue to rise, there will be some noticeable humidity, too, especially by the weekend. That will bring back the rain chances. Fog in spots, especially south of Columbus and Phenix City, through mid morning on this Thursday. Otherwise, mostly sunny and even warmer as temperatures max out between 80 and 84 degrees.

Significantly warmer weather, Rain at times by the weekend

Opelika, AL

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) - Temperatures are climbing the rest of the week now that the coldest weather has moved out. Temperatures will be running above average through early next week. A mix of clouds and sun on this Wednesday. Overall, more sun is expected as we go throughout the day....

Significant warm up underway

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

Pine Mountain, GA

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (WTVM) - New blooms can be seen in Callaway Gardens. Azaleas have been blooming at Callaway for 65 years, and there are over 700 different varieties of Azaleas - totaling to over 4,000 Azaleas. “The garden is alive right now with beautiful pink, white and red -...

Azaleas bloom in Callaway Gardens, over 700 varieties of Azalea blooms

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - The father and stepmother of Opelika Jane Doe, known as Amore Wiggins, went before a judge in a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon. In January 2012, a child’s body was found in a mobile home park in Opelika. Opelika Jane Doe was recently identified as Amore Wiggins in January 2023.

Father allegedly admits to killing Amore Wiggins, denied bond

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - A new business in downtown Auburn that serves unique and fun Korean cuisine had its grand opening Saturday, March 18. Mochiatsu is the name of the new spot-on North College Street. They are known for their variety of fluffy mochi donuts and Korean hotdogs. They also offer Boba tea.

Unique Korean restaurant holds grand opening in Auburn

Phenix City, AL

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

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - WTVM’s job fair happening 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 to hold job fair at Columbus State University

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Court proceedings will resume Thursday morning in the case of a man accused of walking into an AutoZone and stabbing an employee in what prosecutors call a racially motivated attack. Jury members were sent home after a mental health doctor could not provide testimony on the...

Court proceeding for 2020 Columbus AutoZone stabbing to resume March 22

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Construction is underway for a roundabout in Lee County that’s part of an $8.6 million expansion to the soccer complex in Auburn. According to the city of Auburn, the construction is taking place at the Auburn Soccer Complex on Wire Road. The outside eastbound lane...

Roundabout construction to cause lane closure on Wire Rd. in Auburn

Muscogee County, GA

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A longtime school board member is closing the chapter on her time with the Muscogee County School District. Today was Cathy Williams’s last school board meeting representing District 7. Additionally, several new principals will be taking over as the head of a few Columbus schools.

Muscogee Co. School Board holds meeting announcing several new changes

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) - The Columbus police ask for the public’s help finding a missing 16-year-old last seen on March 17. According to the Columbus Police Department, Gracie Cureton ran away from the area of the 4800 block of 20th Avenue at an unknown time in the morning. Authorities...

Columbus police searching for missing 16-year-old runaway

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

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Another violent weekend across the Fountain City with five people shot in less than 48 hours. One person is still in critical condition this evening. Those shootings all taking place in different parts of Columbus: from South and North Columbus to Midtown. The first happening Friday...

RECAP: Violent weekend across the Fountain City

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

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

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - It stays dry for the remainder of the workweek, but the big story will be the significant warm up that really kicks into gear starting Wednesday. A mix of sun and clouds on this Tuesday. After a frosty cold start with temperatures mostly in the 30s (some 20s), we’ll end up in the mid 60s by the end of the afternoon!

The warm up begins, Drastic change coming

PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WTVM) - The Phenix City Police Department is investigating a homicide and is asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect. On December 13, 2022, at approximately 10:31 p.m., police responded to Riverview Apartments, in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, police located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound.

Phenix City police, Crimestoppers offer reward for information in Dec. 2022 homicide

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

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

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Loachapoka basketball coach reaches 500 career wins

LOACHAPOKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Anthony Edwards has won many basketball games. And no, we’re not talking about the former Georgia star. Edwards is the head girls’...

Loachapoka basketball coach reaches 500 career wins

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