https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article317014122.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/535710bf-bae8-4243-b477-cf9739406a33/1_th.jpg 'I love Northside.' Meet Patriots' head football coach Brycen Freeman The Northside High School Patriots travel to Fayetteville this Friday (Aug. 28) to play Starr's Mill High School in high school football. Brycen Freeman is beginning his first year as head football coach at Northside. This is his eighth year with the Patriots. Freeman talked about the 2026 season during the Muscogee County School District's football media day on July 31. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article317014122.html/video-embed 94 2026-08-26T12:51:37Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316989402.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/c4ee418d-3a13-47ca-960c-bba6c1889d41/1_th.jpg Go inside, see renovations to D.A. Turner YMCA in Columbus, GA A Columbus organization that has served Columbus for 170 years is now celebrating a renovation that will take itself, and its members, into the future. Civic leaders and community members gathered at the D.A. Turner YMCA in Columbus Friday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate completed renovations to the facility’s exercise and weight room. Take a look https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article316989402.html/video-embed 88 2026-08-24T14:47:28Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317012592.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/0ddebd57-f3a1-47b1-80af-3362c574b0b3/3_th.jpg Most Georgians worry about data centers. Learn more here A new Georgia survey and NCRC map show 73% of residents worry about data centers, prompting calls for transparency, moratoriums & community benefit agreements. Ledger-Enquirer reporter Kala Hunter explains. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article317012592.html/video-embed 138 2026-08-26T09:54:32Z no