Top stories from the Ledger-Enquirer | Sept. 30-Oct. 6
1. ‘It’s like coming back home’: Some BTW residents return and find big changes: Shenenia Hoskin lived in the Booker T. Washington public housing complex before it was torn down and replaced with more upscale apartments. Now, she’s one of the first residents to move into what’s called Columbus Commons. “I was in the old BTW so it’s like coming back home,” Hoskin said Monday, standing in the parking lot surrounded by green landscaping.
2. Grand Reserve owner’s stepmother, 2nd suspect charged in $600,000-plus wire fraud: The stepmother of the man who owns the Grand Reserve off Williams Road in Columbus has been charged with another woman in a 23-count federal indictment alleging wire fraud involving $607,365. A federal grand jury decided on the charges Sept. 21 in a sealed indictment disclosed Monday as the defendants were arraigned in U.S. District Court.
3. Deputy stole more than 1,000 pills from Drug Take-Back program, Sheriff Tompkins says: A Muscogee County sheriff’s deputy stole more than 1,000 pills from the Drug Take-Back program that encourages the public to give their unwanted medication to officials for proper disposal, Sheriff Donna Tompkins said. “It’s very sad anytime, for us, one of our own is not upholding our high standards but certainly it makes me more concerned,” she said Friday morning during a press conference.
4. What do you think of the three Government Center proposals?: That’s the first thing some architects and city leaders say about three preliminary concepts for the downtown block currently occupied by the Columbus Government Center tower and its two wings. Not one of the three options residents are now asked to review and remark upon is a final product, nor close to it
5. Girl found shot to death in Atlanta identified as 17-year-old from Columbus: A young girl found shot to death in a roadway in Atlanta has been identified as a 17-year-old girl from Columbus, according to law enforcement officials. The girl’s family recognized a facial reconstruction circulated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and then contacted police to make the identification, according to information contained in a news release.
This story was originally published October 8, 2017 at 3:19 AM with the headline "Top stories from the Ledger-Enquirer | Sept. 30-Oct. 6."