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Girls Inc. of Columbus and Phenix-Russell received a $2,000 from Grease Monkey and the auto repair shop also took a group of 36 girls ziplining at Whitewater Express on Wednesday.

Other studies show the fertility rate has been dropping for a while. It’s now at the level where the nation cannot replace its existing population.

A woman says her 2-year-old son jumped onto a conveyor belt at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and then fell through a luggage chute into a baggage room.

The director of the Columbus Sports Council said the week-long event racked in nearly $1.1 million in economic impact. She said every member of the public benefited from the games.

The month of July marks the 11th anniversary of the death of Felton Tate, a Beauregard man who was shot on Lee Road 39.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed a trio of congressional resolutions aimed at blocking his administration from bypassing Congress and selling billions of dollars in weapons and maintenance support to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Auburn police officer William Buechner’s family learned this week that they don’t have to worry about making mortgage payments on their home anymore. They now own it outright.

Cary Woods Elementary School and J.F. Drake Middle School are already in stages of demolition, and this new money from Auburn’s 5 Mill Tax Fund will go toward the costs to rebuild the schools.

Emily the squirrel caught media attention after she reportedly bit several people who got close to her tree and her babies.

In less than two months you will pay more money when you buy gas – 6 cents more per gallon to be exact.