Restaurant’s new name, state champion coach resigns & more: top Columbus stories
A “hidden gem” restaurant gets a new name and a new owner, a six-time high school state baseball championship coach resigns, and a Chattahoochee River watchdog sues a construction company — these are among last week’s top news stories in Columbus.
Here are key takeaways from the five most-read Ledger-Enquirer stories about Columbus in the past seven days:
Sandy’s Cafe: A new owner has taken over the former Midtown Cafe at 2357 Warm Springs Road and renamed it Sandy’s Cafe, a Columbus “hidden gem” tucked behind the Midtown Office & Storage building. The restaurant serves breakfast and lunch — including sandwiches, salads and pastries — from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Click this link to read the full story.
Calvary Christian School: Steve Smith has resigned as head baseball coach and athletics director at Calvary Christian School after leading the program to six state championships and 300 career wins in 13 seasons. The school named former Columbus State University athletics director Jay Sparks as interim AD and assistant coach Carson Loyd as interim head baseball coach. Click this link to read the full story.
Country Road Buffet: After reporting the previous week that Country Road Buffet, 2509 Airport Thruway, is temporarily closed to expand, the L-E reported in a follow-up article details about the project. Betty Torre, the owner, said customers had been requesting more room. Click this link to read the full story.
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper: Describing conditions at Veterans Parkway construction site as “deplorable,” the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper has sued Steve Corbett Construction for alleged Clean Water Act violations. Potential penalties are $68,445 per day per violation. Click this link to read the full story.
Convicted murderer sentenced: Jason Cole was sentenced to life without parole in the 2022 murder of Rachael Marie Mixson, a 41-year-old Columbus woman found dead on a Phenix City roadside with jumper cables and a USB cord wrapped around her neck. Cole, who was Mixson’s boyfriend at the time, also received a life sentence for abuse of a corpse. Click this link to read the full story.
These summaries were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. All the Ledger-Enquirer articles linked in this recap were reported, written and edited by journalists.
