Top stories from the Ledger-Enquirer | Oct. 7-13

1. Whistleblower in Montravious Thomas case sues Muscogee County School District: Eddie Powell, the assistant principal who was in charge of the Muscogee County School District’s program for students with severe discipline violations the day a 13-year-old boy allegedly was body-slammed by a contracted behavior specialist, has sued the Muscogee County School District in federal court after he was reassigned.

2. Months before she was killed in Atlanta, foster girl told police she was raped in Columbus: A 17-year-old girl found shot to death in Atlanta on Sept. 21 told police three months before she went missing that she was raped at an apartment in north Columbus. The Ledger-Enquirer received the 13-page case report after submitting an open records request to the Columbus Police Department. According to the report, Denetta Franks was a ward of the state who was staying at the Holiday Inn Express, located at 7336 Bear Lane, until she went missing Sept. 7, never to return again.

3. Columbus man carjacked at gunpoint while meeting woman from Plenty of Fish dating site: A man was carjacked by three people early Tuesday at Willow Creek Apartments when he met a woman from the Plenty of Fish dating website, Columbus police said. Two of the suspects were armed with a gun, but the victim was able to escape the 1 a.m. incident without injury.

4. Abandoned construction equipment clouds landscape on Farr Road: Abandoned construction equipment in the 900 block of Farr Road is too much for a Columbus woman who drive past the steel cranes and other material on her way to church. “These construction vehicles are rusted out with vines growing on them,” she said in an email. “ I think it's a safe bet that the owners are not coming to claim this property, and I would like to see the city clean it up.”

5. Residents to MCSD board: Fire teacher who used N-word: During the public agenda portion of Monday evening’s work session, residents — in various ways and various levels of emotion — called for the Muscogee County School Board to fire the teacher who used the N-word while trying to teach against using racial slurs. Michelle Dovishaw, the only white person who spoke during the public agenda, compared this incident to the Montravious Thomas case.

This story was originally published October 14, 2017 at 9:00 PM with the headline "Top stories from the Ledger-Enquirer | Oct. 7-13."