https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315580591.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/b32c7984-591a-439f-9791-71673e024ee5/1_th.jpg Meet the owners and go inside Columbus' new, live coral store Taste of the Sea Reef, a shop specializing in live corals and aquarium supplies, has opened inside Highside Market, 211 13th Street, as part of StartUP Columbus’ Retail Lab. Co-owners Ashley and Marissa Marrero told the Ledger-Enquirer their business focuses on selling live corals, fish supplies and equipment for people interested in coral propagation. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315580591.html/video-embed 109 2026-04-30T00:54:44Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315560709.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/63c7e29e-6fdf-4693-b767-f4cec4bfc586/1_th.jpg 'When you draw first blood with me, I'm gonna end it.' Rick Jackson campaigns in Columbus, GA Rick Jackson, a Republican candidate for governor in Georgia, hosted a news conference Tuesday morning at Flightways at the Columbus Airport in Columbus, Georgia. He spoke, then took several questions. Here are his responses to two questions about campaign ads. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315560709.html/video-embed 92 2026-04-28T15:53:14Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315568686.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/8f3adab6-f0f7-434a-96e8-f16ed56e9727/1_th.jpg ‘If you love something, you’ll do it. You’ll create it.' Go inside HIWTAI program in Columbus A Columbus program empowering unhoused and underserved people through art is hosting a public event to celebrate those artists while also raising money for the supplies to keep them painting. The “Home Is Where The Art Is” reception is scheduled for April 30 from 5-7 p.m. at the Bo Bartlett Center, 921 Front Ave. in downtown Columbus. Admission to the exhibition and sale is free. Go behind the scenes in this video for a peek at the program. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315568686.html/video-embed 145 2026-04-29T02:42:44Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315568621.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/7753f09a-6fe5-4120-97f8-1da9323bca7c/1_th.jpg Reporter tries Columbus restaurant that has breakfast down to a science Ledger-Enquirer reporter Kelby Hutchison says Breakfastology Cafe, 5156 River Road, Suite C, in Columbus, Georgia, has their breakfast food items down to a science. Here’s his review of this new restaurant. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315568621.html/video-embed 71 2026-04-29T02:25:24Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315557250.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/d656fe37-d405-4edc-bb30-275258974242/1_th.jpg 'Reduce crime and build relationships.' A few minutes with Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis came to the Columbus Police Department as an interim chief in May 2023 before being named as full-time police chief the following October. Mathis sat down recently with Ledger-Enquirer reporter Kelby Hutchison for an interview. Here are some excerpts from that interview. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315557250.html/video-embed 189 2026-04-28T09:39:27Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315551020.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/ae7b35a7-8972-4bca-837f-eeee11a721aa/1_th.jpg Photo Gallery: Check out 2026 Arts in the Park Musicians, artists, performers, foodies, families and more gathered Sunday April 27 at Lakebottom Park in Columbus, Georgia for this year's Arts in the Park. Here are a few photos of the festivities. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315551020.html/video-embed 52 2026-04-27T18:46:20Z no