A grand jury will weigh whether to charge Ward 4 Councilman Pierre Beard over his alleged involvement in an armed robbery earlier this summer, according to Police Chief Joseph Daughtry.
As another school year kicks off, the Columbus-Lowndes County Chamber of Commerce is once again celebrating teachers and school staff through the Educators are Essential program.
Two men have been charged in connection with a shooting at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle earlier this week. Gavin Fields, 23, and Dustin Pope,
Two arrests have been made following a Monday shooting outside a Columbus hospital. On Friday morning, Columbus Police Chief Joseph Daughtry and District Attorney Scott Colom announced that Gavin Fields and Dustin Pope had been arrested and charged after an interpersonal shooting left four people injured. Fields, 23, and Pope,.