COLUMBUS, Ga., May 21 -- Columbus State University issued the following news release:

If you attended Columbus State University's May 15 commencement and usually watch local Columbus-area TV news, one of the spring graduates might have made you pause, thinking, 'Wait, where do I recognize that person from?"

The guy? That's Chuck Williams, a local news staple on WRBL News 3.

Williams' career spans 44 years-the first three decades as a news and sports reporter for several Alabama and Georgia newspapers, and concluding his print career at the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in 2018. For the last eight years, he has worked as an investigative, breaking news and political reporter for Nexstar Media Group's television station in Columbus.

When Willi...