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Soap box derby cars will be rolling through the Fountain City this weekend as 24 local youth, ages seven to 13, race in Let’s Grow Steamx’s 3rd Annual River City Soap Box Derby.

Dr. John had a Top 10 hit with “Right Place, Wrong Time,” collaborated with numerous top-tier rockers, won multiple Grammy awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The ‘Background Song’ singer didn’t say how his 3-year-old son died.

Laurence Fishburne will direct the documentary as part of a series his company “Information Matrix” is doing. The series will highlight other counties across the nation.

Training at the United States Military Academy at West Point turned deadly after an accident involving one of their military vehicles killed one cadet and injured 19 others.

The teenage driver of a vehicle involved in the crash that killed “Voice of the Auburn Tigers” Rod Bramblett and his wife Paula told police he fell asleep behind the wheel.

The three-day event ended Thursday where teachers and administrators had a full day of professional and developmental training that wrapped up with ziplining, Whitewater rafting, and a picnic at the Riverfront Campus of Troy University.

The bride-to-be, Alexis, was taken out of the car and was surprised by her boyfriend, John Heart, who is a member of the DeKalb County Police Department.

Two men from Columbus have been taken into custody on drug charges following a bust in Coweta County.

The 57-year-old says doctors believe her cancer is linked to her husband’s throat cancer and human papillomavirus virus or HPV.