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5 days ago | 
wrbl.com | Nick Bentley |Chuck Williams
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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6 days 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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6 days ago | 
wrbl.com | Phil Scoggins |Nick Bentley
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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1 week 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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1 week 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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1 week ago | 
wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley
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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2 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Nick Bentley |Chuck Williams
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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2 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Nick Bentley |Chuck Williams
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.
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4 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Tuesday night’s Columbus City Council meeting drew strong emotions and extremely tight security. A chorus of opposition to John Anker’s appointment on a 6-3 vote to fill the seat Judy Thomas vacated was hear throughout the 27 person public agenda. “So, I am going to ask those who are here who have come out to show this council the we who do not accept the process of appointing a replacement for councilwoman Judy Thomas,” Rev. Johnny H.
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4 weeks ago | 
wrbl.com | Nick Bentley |Jack Patterson
by: Nick Bentley, Jack Patterson Posted: Mar 26, 2025 / 04:41 PM EDT Updated: Mar 26, 2025 / 05:05 PM EDT AUBURN, Ala. (WRBL) — The Auburn Tiger’s men’s Basketball team are head to the Sweet 16. Sport Director Jack Patterson was at the sendoff event for the Tigers. You can watch out coverage in the video player above.
