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3 days ago | 
wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley
CRAWFORD, Ala. (WRBL) — The Russell County Sheriff’s Office has a man in custody following a police chase that led to a crash in Crawford, Sheriff Heath Taylor told WRBL. Deputies attempted to pull over Michael Joseph Dowling, 34, at Dobbs Drive and Auburn Road. A chase ensured and the vehicle Dowling was driving dark pickup truck, Taylor said. Russell County Sheriff’s Deputies investigate a crash after a pursuit. (Kevin Roble/WRBL). Dowling and a passenger were injured in the crash.
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1 week ago | 
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Editor’s Note: This is part four of four in a series. The other parts of the these series can be found at the bottom of this article. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Columbus Police leadership says the Real Time Crime Center is changing the way crimes are investigated and solved. “I think it’s a big part of policing in the future,” says Lt. Andy Farmer of the Columbus Police Department. Farmer oversees the department’s Real Time Crime Center in the basement of the Public Safety Center.
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3 weeks ago | 
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Close friends and family of former city councilor Judy Thomas confirmed with WRBL she has died at an Emory Hospital in Atlanta. She was 79. Thomas was first elected to the Columbus, Georgia City Council in 2010. Thomas resigned from the council in March of this year, citing health concerns. Thomas’ younger brother, David Williams, helped keep her involved in Council and civic activities when her health began to fail five years ago and she could no longer drive.
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3 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Six Columbus City Councilors have been sent a cease-and-desist letter by the Columbus city manager’s attorney. It directs them to retract their public statements accusing him of any unethical or unlawful conduct.
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3 weeks ago | 
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Long before it was called Synovus Park and the team was called the Clingstones, baseball in Columbus was played at Golden Park by the Columbus Red Stixx. Jim White is the former Vice-President of the Columbus Redstixx. When he looks out over majestic Synovus Park, his mind can’t help but wander back to his childhood.
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4 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Last night, pro baseball returned to Columbus and the South Commons. By most accounts, it was a home run, but there was one error — parking. More than 5,000 people packed the reimagined Synovus Park last night, but some waited almost an hour and a half to park. The traffic had city officials, law enforcement and Columbus Clingstones employees working to identify ways to get people into the parking lot and out of their vehicles quicker.
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4 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A retired Columbus pastor grew up across the road from Golden Park back in the 1940s and ‘50s. Walking through the halls of the new Synovus Park, offered him a chance to reflect on the long history of baseball here in the Fountain City. Reverend Rudy Allen Sr. remembers a different era of baseball history. Blacks and Whites sat in segregated seats and not many black players were on the field. “Can you tell those are black folks. No. You can’t.
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4 weeks ago | 
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Baseball is about family and spending time at the ballpark. One local mother and son who will be coming home to Synovus Park when the Clingstones take the field. Debbie Miller and her son, Pete Ciccarello, have spent nearly four decades going to ballgames in Columbus and most recently in Atlanta. This inaugural Columbus Clingstones season is a full circle moment for the Columbus mother and her Phenix City son.
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1 month ago | 
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The city of Columbus is still dealing with flood damage at City Hall caused by the heavy rains this past Sunday. ServPro has been working at the City Hall building – formerly owned by Synovus – since Sunday night. Water damaged the basement and first floor of the three-story building between Broadway and First Avenue. It water began running into the building when the weekend storm dumped nearly four inches of rain onto the city.
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1 month ago | 
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UPDATE: New details have been released regarding the deaths of two people at Bull Creek Golf Course. Columbus Mayor Skip Henderson and Director of Golf Operations for the city Jim Ardent confirmed to WRBL the two players were killed when they were struck by a tree. Henderson says they were not far from the clubhouse and were attempting to get off the course when the tree fell on them. Henderson and Ardent are both on the scene.
