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  • More Fort Benning soldiers returngo

    Photo by Shannon Szwarc / Ledger-Enquirer

    Another one down, five more planes expected


    Published on: 05/09/08

    Above, over 300 3rd Infantry Division troops returning from Iraq disembark from their plane at Lawson Army Airfield on Thursday evening. The troops are required to go through a customs screening and check their weapons before meeting with their family and friends. At right, Harvey Peavler, 3, decked in full uniform, waits for his father, Spc. Steve Peavler, to arrive at Freedom Hall.

  • Zachary Allen

    Mayor to unveil Allen findings

    Wetherington to speak at 11 a.m. today about investigation into 2006 crash

    Mayor Jim Wetherington has called a news conference for 11 a.m. today to discuss a nearly five-month investigation into the city's handling of a crash by an on-duty Columbus firefighter who tested positive for cocaine in a post-accident drug test.