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Here’s your look at News Leader 9’s recaps, top stories, and breaking news that will be talked about Friday.

Hospitals were overflowing as they tried to handle the masses of victims of a gunman who fired on a concert from Las Vegas hotel room.

Phenix City police are investigating a shooting at a gas station Monday night.

Lee Thomas, deputy commissioner of Film, Music and Digital Entertainment for Georgia, answers this question and more at Columbus State University’s Department of Communication speaker series program Tuesday, Oct. 17.

On Oct. 14, Pasaquan will host its first opera, “Eddie’s Stone Song: Odyssey of the First Pasaquoyan.” The opera brings together the visual, musical and theatrical arts to portray the life of Eddie Owens Martin, also known

Columbus police have issued a murder warrant for a man wanted in connection with an April murder.

A new trash ordinance in Opelika may have some dishing out more cash. The ordinance officially started October 1.

A new memorial is being constructed at the National Infantry Museum to honor the men and women who have served in the military since 9/11.

More than a dozen students living an Auburn neighborhood say they are facing eviction after city enforces an ordinance that says no more than two unrelated people can live under the same roof. 

Columbus City Council voted unanimously to provide the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office with a mobile kitchen for inmates at the county jail, while the city starts major repairs on the existing kitchen.