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A Columbus man has been arrested after police found him drugs worth more than $13,000 dollars on Thursday, Dec. 8 around noon.   

Two Auburn University basketball players were arrested and charged with misdemeanor drug charges. 

Columbus Water Works will perform maintenance at the intersection of Veterans Parkway and 8th Street starting on Friday, Dec. 16. 

Columbus entrepreneur Chester Jackson is set to continue his annual tradition of giving out bicycles to local children for the fifth year.  

Ahead of Christmas, Safe Kids Columbus plans to give away helmets. 

Columbus police arrested a man for statutory rape and child molestation. Franklin Peavy, 23, was arrested on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at 9:30 p.m. 

The woman, in a maroon mini-van with an Alabama tag, was found with a gunshot wound to the head.

The second officer who was shot and later died after responding to a domestic dispute one week ago will be laid to rest Wednesday. 

Troup County Sheriff’s Office along with investigators from Harris County have arrested a man who was involved in numerous unsolved entering auto cases.