Columbus City Council vote against rezoning on Macon Road

Published   Jan 29, 2025 04:35AM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) —   5201 Macon Road is 111 acres of undeveloped land that has come before Columbus City Council twice for rezoning by developers. After nearly a year of the neighbors fighting to protect the land from being rezoned the fight is over. Columbus City Council voted unanimously to not have the undeveloped land [...] ... Read more

Warmer Weather Coming, Along With Rain Chances!

REST OF THE WEEKEND:We've got a couple more cold mornings to deal with, including this morning as we wake up in the teens and 20s. Expect lots of sunshine today with highs a few degrees warmer into the low to mid 50s. Clouds will increase Sunday but ... Read more

Update: Woman killed in Christmas morning apartment fire ide

UPDATE 12/26/24, 3:30 p.m.: Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan has identified the woman who perished in a Christmas morning apartment fire as 46-year-old Valerie L. Lindsey. She was pronounced dead at Piedmont Columbus Regional’s Midtown campus ju ... Read more

Muscogee County Sheriff's Office is being impersonated by sc

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL ) — The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office has become the latest pawn for scammers as they are impersonating employees. The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office says this scam comes around every couple of months. Scammers will u ... Read more

One killed in shooting on Buena Vista Road in Columbus

Published   Jan 25, 2025 11:31AM
Columbus Police say a 17-year-old has been killed following a Friday evening shooting. Authorities say they were called to the shooting scene in the 6500 block of Buena Vista Road just before 5:30 p.m. Police say that's where they found the victim, 17-year-old Rashod Barrett, dead from a gunshot wound. EMS arrived on scene and [...] ... Read more

Spring Valley internet entrepreneur pleads guilty to federal

John S. Billhimer, age 40, of Spring Valley, Ohio pleaded guilty today to a one count federal information charging him with filing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040, for tax years 2014 through 2017, said Bryant Jackson, Special Age ... Read more

Wet At Times This Weekend, With Storms Possible!

Mostly cloudy to overcast conditions will continue to through the weekend, with temps warming into the 70s by Saturday as a warm front lifts northward, opening the door for not only rain, but some storms as well. For Friday, we'll see mostly cloudy s ... Read more

From deep freeze to balmy by week's end

From deep freeze to balmy by week's end ... Read more