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It’s one week until the mid-term elections, and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal made a quick stop in the Fountain City on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Gov. Deal arrived in Columbus on a bus tour with Republican constitutional officers. 

A family man and an all around great guy is how family members of Lacosta Williams describe the 33-year-old father of five. Williams was gunned down on Monday afternoon at the Booker T. Washington Apartments in Columbus. 

The sign-up period to enroll in a qualified health care plan under the Affordable Care Act is fast approaching.If you plan on enrolling, you have from Nov. 15, 2014 through Feb. 15, 2015. To keep the public

Little ghouls and goblins will not be left alone in the dark this Halloween Friday thanks to a generous idea from a local business owner.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded more than $1.8 million in Community Development Block Grants to make improvements in five southeast Alabama counties. Bentley awarded funding to Barbour, Bullock, Crenshaw and Macon counties and the town of

Rehabilitating juveniles, that’s why columbus officials join forces with a national research company to reduce the number of young offenders. How will they do it and how much will it cost? News Leader Nine’s Tyrone McCoy was

Nearly 300 balloons filled the skies of Auburn Tuesday as dozens of people gathered at the downtown store Wrapsody to celebrate breast cancer survivors and fighters.

Columbus State University has learned a valuable lesson that’s becoming a widespread issue for soldiers and veterans in America. The issue of service dogs, accompanying not just the blind but people suffering from psychological problems like Post

It’s one week until the mid-term elections, and Georgia Governor Nathan Deal made a quick stop in the Fountain City on Tuesday, Oct. 28. Gov. Deal arrived in Columbus on a bus tour with Republican constitutional officers. 

A family man and an all around great guy is how family members of Lacosta Williams describe the 33-year-old father of five. Williams was gunned down on Monday afternoon at the Booker T. Washington Apartments in Columbus.