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Columbus police are investigating after multiple shots were fired into a residence over the weekend. Officials said the victim was sleeping on her couch when she heard five gunshots outside of her residence and saw bullets coming

President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes, the greatest number of individual clemencies in a single day by any president, the White House said Monday.

Columbus police are searching for the person involved in the deadly shooting of 25-year-old Bobby Seawright.

"Newborn babies are some of life’s greatest gifts."That’s why three Kansas City photographers teamed up with March of Dimes to provide special gifts for families whose babies remain in Saint Luke’s Hospital NICU this holiday season.

Berlin police reported a truck ran into a Christmas market filled with people Monday, injuring multiple people.

 Work is continuing on the Talbotton Road widening project as contractors are scheduled to work daily from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. starting Monday, Dec. 19 until Friday, Dec. 23. 

A Miller County inmate is facing capital murder charges for an attack that claimed the life of a correctional officer and injured another. The man has been identified as 28-year-old Tramell Hunter.

A gunman in a suit and tie shouted slogans about Syria's civil war after he killed Russia's ambassador to Turkey in front of stunned onlookers at a photo exhibition in the Turkish capital on Monday, according to

Russellville Police arrested a man for enticing a child for immoral purposes following an abduction attempt Saturday night. 

The Latest on the Electoral College meeting Monday to formally elect Donald Trump the nation's 45th president (all times EDT):