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The parents and siblings of two teenagers killed at a Columbus block party in 2022 took the stand Tuesday as prosecutors began presenting their case against Elijah Smith, the man accused of shooting them.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - “He will always be here — but he was taken from us viciously.”

A local organization is stepping in to give teens a place to go after Columbus City Council approved a nightly curfew banning anyone under 18 from a stretch of Uptown between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. through Sept. 30.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Columbus Fire & EMS is partnering with Feeding the Valley Food Bank for the annual “Feed the Need” virtual food drive this weekend, as the organization reports a significant drop in food inventory and rising demand across the Chattahoochee Valley.

Family pleads for witnesses to come forward in 2022 Thomaston shooting

New leader outlines priorities as students head back to class

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The family of a Manchester teenager killed at a graduation party in May 2022 is still waiting for answers more than four years later

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - An 18-year-old accused of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman at gunpoint along the Columbus Riverwalk pleaded not guilty Wednes

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - 10 months after a Columbus State University professor was shot and killed inside her own home, a Muscogee County grand jury has indicted her roommate on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Former Columbus mayoral candidate, pastor, and politician Zeph Baker pleaded guilty Monday to felony kidnapping and family violence battery stemming from a 2023 incident involving his then-girlfriend, Lacai Williams.