The search is on for suspects in a Columbia County murder. Grovetown investigators say 38-year-old Ricky Gibson was killed during a home invasion. It happened at his home on Williams Street, in Grovetown, overnight Tuesday. That’s just off Wrightsboro Road. Investigators spent hours at the mobile home searching for clues. WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud spoke with a Gibson’s cousin, Wednesday, and she says he’ll be missed.

A home invasion in Columbia County has claimed the life of a Grovetown, GA man. Investigators say it happened along the 400 block of Williams Street. Count on WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Crime Tracker, Fraendy Clervaud, for the details.

A new task force has been formed by local law enforcement to help curb scrap metal thefts. It’s the first of it’s kind in the CSRA. Authorities say the CSRA has had way too many scrap metal thefts, and one way to stop that is to have all agencies working together. Count on WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the details.

The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Warrenton, GA has been indicted on federal tax evasion charges. WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud spoke to a deacon from First Baptist Church of Warrenton, who wanted to clear the air about the charges. The deacon says, despite the news of the indictments, his pastor, Dr. Otis Hope is still a man of the cloth and he says these charges were something of the past.