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Dam blasting set for Wednesday to sound like boom of 20 cannons

One hundred and thirty years of industrial history is about to open like a flood gate.

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Students finish work on Columbus area Habitat houses

Students from Washington College in Chestertown, Md., finished up work on four houses late Friday as part of the Columbus Area Habitat for Humanity’s Collegiate Challenge.

67 days ago
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Mayor Teresa Tomlinson to pitch proposals for city’s pension plan to Columbus Council Tuesday

The Columbus Consolidated Government Pension Board is proposing aggressive changes to the city’s pension plan to avoid a potentially calamitous situation in the near future, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said.

67 days ago
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Judge rejects speedy trial claim in Harris County ‘well case’

HAMILTON, Ga. -- The judge presiding over the Harris County “well case” has declined to throw out murder charges against a man who has awaited trial for more than eight years, blaming a large chunk of the almost unheard of delays on a revolving door of defense attorneys he says dragged...

67 days ago
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Richard Hyatt: Nothing strange about Muscogee County School District Superintendent Susan Andrews’ short tenure

Susan Andrews provided unexpected fireworks on Monday when she kicked off School Board Appreciation Week by revealing plans to retire in July after three years as school superintendent.

68 days ago
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Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s ties to Columbus remain deep

Fifty years after graduating from Baker High School and going off to become a national political power, Newt Gingrich still has a soft spot for “the city that introduced me to Georgia.”

81 days ago
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‘Bang Bang Lady’ lights fuse under Russell County election

SEALE, Ala. -- With her unabashed hip-shaking and a raspy drawl that beckons customers to the big yellow Fireworks Outlet off U.S. 431, Wanda Lamb has become something of a local television celebrity.

81 days ago
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Pro-life group’s bus touts Santorum in Columbus stop

A steady drizzle Saturday couldn’t stop a group of Rick Santorum for president supporters as the Susan B. Anthony List bus stopped in front of the Coca-Cola Space Science Center in Columbus.

81 days ago
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Edward DuBose re-elected to NAACP's national board

Three weeks after he was elected to a fourth term as president of the Georgia Conference NAACP, Edward DuBose has been re-elected to the national board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

82 days ago
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Former Russell County, Little League World Series star Colby Rasmus hopes for fresh start with Toronto Blue Jays after turbulent seasons with St. Louis Cardinals

Colby Rasmus calls his first three seasons in Major League Baseball a “rollercoaster” and says baseball has changed for him since he was a Little League star in Phenix City and broke home run records at Russell County High School.

87 days ago
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92-year-old Columbus man faces murder charge in wife's stabbing

An investigation into the Wednesday death of 90-year-old Annie Morgan has led to the arrest of her husband on a murder charge, Columbus police said on Saturday.

87 days ago