https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315931168.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/e6138f07-0215-4ec5-bba4-e340f8d1fcc8/1_th.jpg Kevin Blair talks about Pinnacle/Synovus bank merger at Columbus team-building event As Nashville-based Pinnacle Financial Partners and Columbus-based Synovus Financial Corp. work through one of the largest mergers in Southeast banking history, the combined company’s executives are betting culture, not just scale, will determine whether the integration succeeds. During a team-building orientation event this month at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center — in the city where the Synovus roots were planted 138 years ago — Kevin Blair, President & CEO Of Pinnacle Financial Partners spoke with the Ledger-Enquirer about how he views company culture as a key element in the business. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315931168.html/video-embed 79 2026-05-29T02:13:54Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article315934658.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/cd544c8b-d01d-46bc-9814-de2c9b2f8656/1_th.jpg Madonna University wins national championship at NAIA Softball World Series Madonna University defeated Southeastern 8-4 on May 28 to win the 2026 NAIA Softball World Series at South Commons in Columbus, Georgia. It's the first NAIA Softball National Championship in Madonna's program history. https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/sports/article315934658.html/video-embed 67 2026-05-29T12:32:15Z no https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315925724.html https://img.thecontentserver.com/96847916-dad4-4096-a13e-0f4ae0b199bb/1_th.jpg Cataula restaurant brings back childhood memories for Ledger-Enquirer's resident foodie Tucked away just off Highway 27 in Cataula, Georgia is a restaurant Ledger-Enquirer reporter Kelby Hutchison says he hadn't heard of before, but wishes he had. Cataula Creek restaurant, on 813 US-27, is in a shopping pavilion. It has food that reminded Kelby of some of his favorite sit-down restaurants growing up, blending Southern comfort food with more modern options as well.  https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article315925724.html/video-embed 75 2026-05-28T18:59:34Z no