Nick Bentley

3 weeks ago | wrbl.com | Chuck Williams |Nick Bentley

Editor’s Note: This video is WRBL’s coverage from November of 2024. You can find that article here. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — A current city employee is to be arrested and a former city employee has been arrested as the result of a 16 month long investigation into the City of Columbus’ finance department, Sheriff Greg Countryman tells WRBL. According to Countryman, both people are being arrested on misdemeanor charges, none of them involving theft.

3 weeks ago | cbs42.com | Nick Bentley |Rex Castillo

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) — The Russell County Sheriff’s Office hosted a press conference regarding two Russell County High School staff members arrested in connection with a child sexual abuse investigation. According to Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor, girls’ flag football coach Charles Davis, 45, and receptionist Courtney Jones, 25, were both arrested. (Left) Charles Davis. (Right) Courtney Jones.

3 weeks 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.

1 month ago | wrbl.com | Nick Bentley |Chuck Williams

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.

1 month 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.