https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315607916.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/27cc4dc4-d446-420d-af36-93d130944bc7/1_th.jpg Raw video: Ride along with Miracle Riders as they depart Columbus on 2026 ride The roar of Harley-Davidson motorcycles echoed off the brick walls of buildings Friday in downtown Columbus Friday as the Miracle Riders took off on their Pony Express-style ride to help raise money for the Columbus State University College of Education & Health Professions. Ledger-Enquirer reporter Kelby Hutchison was fortunate to get a ride from veteran Miracle Rider and Harris County Sheriff Mike Jolley to their first stop at the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. There, the group read a letter from Ken Killingsworth to Kasinal Cashe White, sister of Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously in December 2021. Here's that short ride edited down to about 30 seconds for the armchair riders among us. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315607916.html/video-embed 40 2026-05-01T23:58:49Z 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/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