Quavis Betts News Today

For Pierre Beard, Tuesday could have gone better.

A new industrial development megasite. A councilman chronically entangled in criminal investigations. A new name for a longtime mall. A row over money between a mayor and city-appointed board.

In a wide-ranging Facebook Live interview Tuesday with TV personality Rick “Don’t Go” Mason, Ward 4 Councilman Pierre Beard claimed he was being targeted by local law enforcement because of a grudge held by an ex-Columbus Police Department officer.

A Columbus councilman was arrested Monday after Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies allegedly found drugs at his home. It’s Pierre Beard’s second arrest this month, the first being a Dec. 1 traffic stop in Gordo, Alabama, where he was charged with drunk driving and marijuana possession. Both times, he was arrested alongside Quavis Betts, 29.

Columbus City Councilman Pierre Beard was arrested late Monday afternoon and charged with two misdemeanor drug charges.

Columbus city councilman Pierre Beard has been arrested yet again — this time for drug possession. According to Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins, Beard was taken into custody on Monday after deputies went to the Ward 4 councilman’s home to serve a warrant to a familiar face in Quavis Betts...

Columbus Police Chief Joseph Daughtry is talking about his department's handling of an investigation, where a city councilman was present.

A Columbus city councilman is connected to an armed robbery investigation but has not been charged.

A Saturday trip to the Columbus Waffle House costs a couple of people more than their dinner tab.