Two lead to scores; two kill drives
@BR Boxtext p6:Today’s parade begins at 10 a.m. at Colin Powell & Broadway in Phenix City.
The serious business of raising money for people in need took a light turn Friday morning as a cardboard cut out of Billy Blanchard — chairman of the 2009 United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley campaign — was carried into a breakfast meeting at the W.C. Bradley Co.
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.
The Georgia Department of Labor’s Columbus Career Center, 700 Veterans Parkway, is available for those seeking a job, and can help with searches, resume preparation and other guidance. For more information, call 706-649-7423.
WASHINGTON He was by turns caring and contentious, a man quick to say "I am blessed" in casual greeting yet one who seemed to stew in discontent that he could not always keep to himself.
KILLEEN, Texas A civilian police officer is being praised for taking down a man suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood when she shot him in the torso.
LaGRANGE, Ga. — It’s more than two teams playing another game. It’s Friday night football in LaGrange.
Derrick Lamar Johnson told Columbus police he had a loaded .357 Magnum cocked in his lap in the back seat of a 1995 Ford Taurus Tuesday night when he dropped the gun and it went off, fatally shooting the driver in the back.
With three members of Columbus Council attending a National League of Cities meeting, Mayor Jim Wetherington is facing another delay on a vote for his crime prevention director, the Office of Crime Prevention and a board to help run the office.
Chef James Beard described food as “our common ground, a universal experience.” The third “Banquet on the Bridge” on Saturday will be such an occasion — to bring people together who might not otherwise eat that day, as well as those serving and dining among them.
PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — To pay homage to its founder, admission to Callaway Gardens will be free on Friday - Cason J. Callaway’s birthday.
Columbus police arrested two men Wednesday in connection with an afternoon shooting on Ticknor Drive.
The city of Columbus has joined forces with developers in the panhandle area to build a $2 million road connecting Garrett Road to Macon Road.
A sewer pipe collapsed Thursday, sending almost 2,000 gallons of sewage into Bull Creek off Floyd Road, Columbus Water Works officials said.
Columbus fire officials say that one man is dead and another person is in the hospital being treated for smoke inhalation as a result of a house fire early Thursday on Estes Drive.
Derrick Lamar Johnson faces charges of murder, possessing a firearm while committing a crime and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute — charges stemming from the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Eric Demetries Maxwell.
LAGRANGE, Ga. — City officials received zero feedback on adult entertainment establishments during public hearings Tuesday night, before amending two ordinances pertaining to the establishments.
Anthony Sowell of Cleveland has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder. Authorities said Wednesday they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found at his home.
Passions ran high during Tuesday’s Phenix City Council meeting, in which councilors moved one step closer to solving the storm-water and flooding problems that have plagued south Phenix City homeowners for decades.
