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Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday night after the 16-year-old victim took the stand.

The 4-month-old girl was struck in the wrist by a bullet fired from outside the home. Now with a large bandage around her arm, she is expected to recover.

A crying woman was found captive in a pit dug in her neighbor’s backyard shed early Wednesday, police say.

The school district police chief admits the case was initially closed prematurely, without receipt of the girl’s medical records.

A new budget is on the table for the city of Columbus. Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s recommendations to city council show leaders may have to change the cost of city services in 2018.

Louisiana State Police have caught the convict who escaped from Mississippi on April 20, and eventually made his way to Lake Charles.State Police captured Antonio Henderson, 23, along I-10 in Lake Charles around 9:37 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25,

A U.S. guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea on Tuesday and envoys from the U.S., Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo, as North Korea marked the anniversary of the founding of its military.

The Lee County Commission has accepted a bid to move forward on building an annex to the Lee County Courthouse in Opelika.

Students in Shaw High School’s Future Business Leaders of America club took time to give back to the community Tuesday.

Georgia Southwestern State University will be hosting a naming ceremony in honor of two fallen officers.