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Chuck Williams: Remember the Chattahoochee River race? I do -- sort of

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EDUCATION

School board votes to close Edgewood and Marshall, increase class sizes and lunch prices

It was standing room only 30 minutes before the meeting started. They came with hopes that their schools would be saved from the budget ax. But the packed room Monday night at the Muscogee County Public Education Center turned into a funeral.
LOCAL NEWS

Man pulled over for loud music, arrested for marijuana possession

A man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana after he was stopped for loud music near the intersection of Midway Drive and 13th Avenue, according to a Columbus Police report.
LOCAL NEWS

Drinking in public leads to possession of marijuana arrest

A man was arrested and charged with drinking in public and possession of marijuana after he was spotted drinking inside Anne's Cafe on the 2900 block of Colorado Street, according to a Columbus Police report.
LOCAL NEWS

Food burglarized from Columbus Korean Methodist Church and House of Prayer Christian Church

Two churches reported they were burglarized after members found food missing between Friday and Sunday, according to Columbus Police reports.
LOCAL NEWS

Bond set for man charged with possession of sawed-off shotgun

A man who was arrested Sunday after he was reported for waving a weapon at people passing his 13th Avenue home faced charges of owning a sawed-off shotgun and disorderly while intoxicated during a Monday morning Recorder's Court hearing.
LOCAL NEWS

Man reports sodomy in Lakebottom area

A 20-year-old man reported he was sexually assaulted in a living room in the Lakebottom area Sunday, according to a Columbus Police report.
TIM CHITWOOD

Tim Chitwood: Open the school HQ doors, Hal

As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so it is Monday Mail.
LOCAL NEWS

Man arrested after allegedly selling marijuana at Dollar Tree in Starmount Shopping Center

A man was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana Sunday after he was reported for allegedly selling marijuana at the Starmount Shopping Center, according to a Columbus Police report.
5 QUESTIONS

5 Questions with Amanda Hamrick: Promoting water safety skills

Is there an ideal age for a child's first swim lesson?
CRIME

Five cars burned in Columbus Historic District

Five cars were set on fire early Saturday morning in the Columbus Historic District, according to residents and the Columbus Fire and Emergency Medical Services.