Dry days give way to a wet weekend: Rain chances ramp up across the Chattahoochee Valley

Warm, sunny conditions in Columbus will give way to increased humidity and widespread showers and thunderstorms starting Friday afternoon and continuing through early next week.

Hudson's at Main Street announces permanent closure in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with Hudson's at Main Street announced on Tuesday the business's permanent closure of the North Columbus restaurant. According to officials, the restaurant closed for renovations with the intention of reopening this month. In a social media post, officials stated, "When we originally closed for two weeks, until September 14th, the [...]

Driver who crashed at Hannan Elementary dies from health complications

Editor's Note: The video above contains previous coverage. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan has confirmed the death of the victim in a Tuesday morning car crash outside of Hannan Elementary in Muscogee County. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: One person injured after car crash outside Hannan Elementary Columbus Police officials say the driver, later [...]

GSW grad appointed to Superior Court by Gov. Kemp

ATLANTA (WRBL) — A Georgia Southwestern State University graduate has been appointed to the Superior Court of the Oconee Judicial Circuit, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced Tuesday. Ronald “Ron” Edward Daniels is the managing partner of Daniels Law LLC in Eastman and Cochran, Georgia. Daniels now fills the vacancy created by the death of Howard [...]

One person injured after car crash outside Hannan Elementary

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — One person was injured after a car crash outside Hannan Elementary Magnet Academy in Muscogee County. Columbus Police officials say the driver experienced a "medical accident" and hit a few other cars outside the elementary school around 7:23 a.m. Tuesday morning. Columbus Police, as well as Muscogee County School District Police, [...]

Graduation rates rise for Muscogee and Troup County schools

GEORGIA (WRBL) — The Georgia Department of Education released graduation rates for the 2025-2026 school year.  The results show that Muscogee County high schools have improved their four-year graduation rate to a record high of 96.3%. That represents a .02% increase over the previous year.  All nine Muscogee County School District schools (Carver, Columbus, Hardaway, Jordan, [...]

Senate passes ‘Protect College Sports Act’ with sweeping bipartisan vote

The bill, among its top priorities, hands the NCAA sweeping federal antitrust protection shielding it from lawsuits around the enforcement of its rules and caps the amount of money student athletes can be paid for their name, image and likeness.