https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/weather-news/article316255234.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/a9c21c60-cdb2-48c7-b67e-dae6e529c4ce/2_th.jpg Funnel cloud spotted in Columbus area Ten tornadoes touched down across Georgia last Thursday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur moved through the state. Columbus Consolidated Government homeland security and emergency management director Chance Corbett confirmed to the Ledger-Enquirer one tornado hit Muscogee County during the storm. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/weather-news/article316255234.html/video-embed 74 2026-06-25T09:00:00Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316281337.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/a669f410-7c22-4028-aa20-7575d10a92e9/5_th.jpg Here's one way to help wounded Columbus Police K9 Havoc If you're looking for a way to help K9 Havoc with the Columbus Police Department, seriously injured earlier this week, here's an idea. Beginning today(June 26) Three Dog Bakery in Columbus is selling K9 Havoc badge cookies to raise money to support Havoc's recovery. Each cookie cost $5, and all money goes to support Havoc.Three Dog Bakery is located at 1106 Broadway in downtown Columbus and opens at 10 a.m. Learn more here. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316281337.html/video-embed 94 2026-06-26T12:57:51Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/environment/article316251811.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/0dd8c5bc-581f-4ca3-b171-5b0095bc606a/1_th.jpg Residents sue city over ordinance for hyperscale data center, here's why and where the city stands Upatoi residents in Columbus, Georgia are suing the city over the way the ordinance zoning change was processed. The Mayor responded with "vigorous defense" to be taken. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/environment/article316251811.html/video-embed 70 2026-06-24T17:41:43Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article316240394.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/dd649d9c-f870-4aab-9363-88d4ecaeada5/1_th.jpg 'Pray for these police officers.' Columbus police chief responds to officer-involved shooting Columbus Police Chief Stoney Mathis said an officer-involved shooting has occurred on Baker Plaza Drive that’s connected to a homicide Tuesday morning at a Dollar General in Columbus. Mathis said the suspect linked to the homicide is dead. A woman was fatally shot at a Dollar General off Victory Drive in Columbus, Georgia. This is an excerpt of his interview with Ledger-Enquirer reporter Kelby Hutchison. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article316240394.html/video-embed 85 2026-06-23T22:16:03Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article316286673.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/d4112d50-200e-43ec-83e8-03755109e573/3_th.jpg Fundraiser set up to help family of Dollar General homicide victim in Columbus,GA Money is being raised to help the victim’s family after a homicide Tuesday at a Dollar General in Columbus. Alexis Hill, 44, was working in the store at the intersection of Victory Drive and Marathon Drive when she was shot to death. A fundraiser at GoFundMe.com is raising money to help Hill’s family pay for her “memorial service, burial, travel for her next of kin, funeral arrangements and estate expenses,” according to the account established by her brother, Jonathan Hill. More at www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316259535.html https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article316286673.html/video-embed 85 2026-06-26T18:35:49Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316251844.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/4fe305df-d404-4d63-9e09-f4055f59fc04/1_th.jpg Meet the owners of the Caledonia Cafe in Columbus, GA The Caledonia Cafe, at 2218 Wynnton Road in Columbus, Georgia, celebrates their grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, June 24. The Caledonia Cafe is co-owned by mother-and-daughter duo, and Scottish natives, Nikki O’Hara, left, and Cathie O’Hara. Meet them here https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316251844.html/video-embed 129 2026-06-24T17:40:46Z no