Wetherington’s visitation is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church. COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Former Columbus Mayor and Police Chief Jim Wetherington died Monday in his Columbus home ...

A stained glass window located at First Baptist Church at 212 12th Street in downtown Columbus, Ga. Kelby Hutchison Photo by Kelby Hutchison. The olive branch was one of the first signs brought to ...

Kicking off Black History Month, several churches across the Columbus community are again inviting everyone to join them for a Community Church Service, hosted by the African American Pastor’s ...

COLUMBUS,Ga. (WRBL) — On Jan. 9, 2025, Former Mayor Jim Wetherington was laid to rest at First Baptist Church in Columbus. Before becoming Mayor, William J. “Jim” Wetherington joined the ...

Wetherington died Monday at the age of 87. He served Columbus as mayor from 2007-11 and as police chief from 1981-95. He was honored repeatedly during that time as an exemplary police officer and ...

A soup supper will be held in Fort Dodge Monday evening to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The supper will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Second Baptist Church, 1827 Fourth Ave. S. The menu will ...

The McDowell County Office of Emergency Management issued an evacuation order for residents between between 3000-4500 Bat ...

Tiffany Patten of Columbus poses with former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter in 2019 at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia, after Patten heard President Carter give ...

Kee, a social justice advocate and senior pastor at New Faith Baptist Church on Columbus' Near East Side ... retired pastor of First Congregational Church, Downtown. The two were close friends ...

The 2025 Point in Time count to determine Columbus’ homeless population continued today. Each year, United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley’s Home for Good program pairs up ...