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Small Business Week culminates with boot camp, networking breakfast and awards

Small Business Week in Columbus continues Wednesday with “boot camp” sessions on contracting and social media, with the half-day event taking place at Columbus State University’s Cunningham Center, 3100 Gentian Blvd.

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DWTS finale: Kellie Pickler wins; Zendaya Coleman is second; Jacoby Jones gets third; Aly Raisman is fourth

Singer Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough win the mirror ball trophy and season 16 of "Dancing with the Stars." Disney star Zendaya Coleman and Val Chmerkovskiy get second place. NFL star Jacoby Jones and Karina Smirnoff placed third. Gymnast Aly Raisman and partner Mark Ballas placed fourth. They were...
EDUCATION

Muscogee County's graduation rate falls below state average

The Muscogee County School District's high school graduation rate decreased from 2011 to 2012 while the state average and similar districts improved.
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA

Russell County pair lead Alabama to win over Auburn in SEC tournament

HOOVER, Ala. -- A Russell County High combo was too much for Auburn on Tuesday at the SEC baseball tournament.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

Georgia second in SEC all-sports competition; Alabama seventh, Auburn 12th

Georgia finished second in the annual Southeastern Conference all-sports competition.
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Councilor Gary Allen recommends restoring some fire department budget cuts

Faced with the possibility of laying off firefighters to meet proposed budget cuts, Columbus Councilor Gary Allen recommended restoring about $700,000 in Columbus Department of Fire and Emergency Services funding for fiscal 2014, temporarily at least.
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St. Francis' new Heart Hospital set to open next week

Chairman of the St. Francis Hospital Board of Trustees Tom Buck told those gathered at Tuesday's ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Heart Hospital that "a new era in heart care is beginning."
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UPDATE: Tommy Lee Jones movie films in Westville this week, 'Need for Speed' will film in Columbus in June

The Chattahoochee Valley is getting a taste of Hollywood.
CRIME

Lisa Graham's attorneys file to dismiss case on double jeopardy grounds in 2007 murder-for-hire case

A Russell County mother accused of hiring a man to kill her 20-year-old daughter in 2007 and facing a possible death penalty, is asking an Alabama Circuit Court judge to throw out her murder charges.
RICHARD HYATT

Richard Hyatt: Cantrell's strategy pins blame on superintendent, cabinet if proposal doesn't solve economic woes

Stealing the thunder of a John Grisham courtroom, Mark Cantrell polled the leaders of the Muscogee County School District like a defense attorney polling jurors in a murder trial.
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Ranger posthumously awarded Silver Star at Fort Benning

Sgt. Ronald A. Kubik, a Ranger with the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Battalion at Fort Benning, was posthumously awarded the Silver Star today for his actions during a 2010 raid in Afghanistan.