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Jeff Foxworthy was the keynote speaker at the "Giving Childhood a Chance" luncheon fundraiser at the Columbus Trade Center on Tuesday. 

Suspects have been arrested in connection to a beating that left a Sylacauga High School student hospitalized, according to police. 

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office released 911 calls from the shooting at Townville Elementary School that claimed a 6-year-old’s life.

Officials on Pawleys Island say dunes that once protected the island have been washed away by Hurricane Matthew. 

Passing the buck and involvement in a conspiracy are just some of the accusations flying at Columbus Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and other council members on Tuesday, as a heated city council meeting went into the afternoon. 

A historic change is taking place on Auburn University’s campus to increase public safety. 

A DeSoto sheriff’s deputy is making waves on social media, after a performance at church was uploaded to Facebook. 

The body of Tiffany Thompson, 38, was found off New LaGrange Road about 6 a.m. Saturday. Police believe she was walking on a sidewalk during the early morning hours when she was shot and killed. 

The shooting happened around 5 p.m. near the intersection of North Tryon Street and W.T. Harris Boulevard.

A state trooper shot and killed an armed man during a search for flood victims in a tense and dispirited North Carolina, and thousands more people were ordered to evacuate as high water from Hurricane Matthew pushed…