https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315472350.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/5a873206-8e60-4685-8984-49eadf79973f/1_th.jpg Video: Columbus street gang “functionally, no longer exists” “These folks knocked a whole empire down today,” are the words U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Will Keyes said a defendant of Operation Sweet Silence said. The folks were law enforcement and the empire was the Zohannon Street gang, which Keyes said “functionally, no longer exists.The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office, the DOJ, FBI and DEA held a press conference Monday morning to announce the results of Operation Sweet Silence, which took place in September 2024.  https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315472350.html/video-embed 196 2026-04-20T18:17:24Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315443221.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/bdee1dc9-4d5d-455c-bfae-05c815563949/1_th.jpg Sneak Peek: 'Chicken & Biscuits' opens at Springer Opera House in Columbus, GA The Springer Opera House's production of "Chicken & Biscuits" opens Friday April 17 and runs through April 26 in the Springer's Dorothy McClure Theatre. Here's your sneak peek featuring a few scenes from act one, and a brief interview with Keith McCoy, the Springer's artistic director. We'll have more at ledger-enquirer.com https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315443221.html/video-embed 116 2026-04-17T12:55:03Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315453755.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/e36024a2-5511-467f-ac28-03ff4ac4c792/1_th.jpg Look inside: Musical version of 'Anne of Green Gables' opens at Family Theatre “Anne of Green Gables: The Musical” opens April 17 at Family Theatre and runs through May 2. It’s a family show and appropriate for all ages. The musical is based on the 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and tells the story of Anne Shirley, a spirited and imaginative orphan mistakenly sent to an elderly brother and sister on Prince Edward Island, off the eastern coast of Canada. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315453755.html/video-embed 69 2026-04-18T11:05:48Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article315453442.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/15f8faef-001d-4725-8c89-49114a4b3812/1_th.jpg See inside Smiths Station High School's new indoor practice facility Smiths Station High School celebrated the opening of its new indoor, multipurpose athletics facility Friday morning with a program and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The IMPAC is a regulation, multipurpose and covered artificial-turf field at the high school next to the Godwin Field House. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article315453442.html/video-embed 70 2026-04-18T08:32:40Z no