https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317354310.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/c3c30b06-dcca-44c4-87fa-990d70e04b8c/1_th.jpg Meet Ledger-Enquirer reporter Madeline Shapiro Madeline Shapiro, joined our team in June as an intern from Emory University and is now our general assignment reporter serving the community. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317354310.html/video-embed 88 2026-09-23T17:22:24Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317360059.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/3b0925c9-e780-4170-aad6-805528a1222f/1_th.jpg Go inside the Fountain City Tattoo Expo in Columbus, GA Ledger-Enquirer reporter Sundi Rose spent Saturday on the floor of the 6th Annual Fountain City Tattoo Expo in Columbus, Georgia. “It’s exactly the chaotic, welcoming, slightly overwhelming energy you’d expect,” Sundi writes. “I definitely felt like the least cool person in the room, but I loved every minute of it.” 09/19/2026 https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317360059.html/video-embed 55 2026-09-23T23:59:40Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article317364461.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/75deb13d-d628-4325-890c-6747eb8f3a18/1_th.jpg Jordan to name court for retired boys basketball coach Jordan Vocational High School will honor retired boys basketball head coach Gerald Turner this coming season by naming its court after him.The Muscogee County School District Board approved Jordan’s request during its meeting Monday night. “It’s really a great honor,” Turner told the Ledger-Enquirer. “But what I like about it is I can look at that little kid that was me, that always looked up to those guys receiving awards, because they were big-time, and I like to let those little kids know that they can do the same thing.” https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article317364461.html/video-embed 53 2026-09-24T11:58:33Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317365461.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/4ca40e16-1e78-4d8b-b6a6-f036aa579dce/1_th.jpg Go inside new Pine Mountain Center for the Arts The Pine Mountain Center for the Arts opens in Pine Mountain, GA, on Sept. 24, 2026, offering workshops and art classes, selling local artists’ work and hosting art exhibits. Take a look https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317365461.html/video-embed 54 2026-09-24T13:19:15Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article317339825.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/dcce1cd4-2e13-48cc-b8e9-095cab969f04/1_th.jpg Northside coach: 'You can't take a down off. They'll make you pay' The Northside Patriots have had a strong start to their football season while persevering through adversity on and off the field. An unknown variable was how they would respond to the Georgia High School Association placing them in a higher classification, jumping from 4A to 6A. So far, the Patriots are 3-1 overall and 1-1 in region play. Ledger-Enquirer sports reporter Richard Holdridge spoke with Northside's head football coach Brycen Freeman about this, and much more. You can read the full story at ledger-enquirer.com https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article317339825.html/video-embed 66 2026-09-22T17:50:30Z no