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Controversy is stirring after the Boy Scouts of America says they are going to allow girls in their troops. 

COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – A teen has been arrested for carrying a knife at a middle school in Columbus. 

A video has been posted online showing a purported attack of a fan in the stands during Thursday night’s Carolina Panthers game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

A street in downtown Auburn will be temporarily closed Friday.  

Safe Kids Columbus will host an event this weekend to make sure children are safe while being passengers. 

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

A gunman killed a New Orleans police office overnight on Friday morning in eastern New Orleans.

An American woman and her Canadian husband are free five years after they were seized by a terrorist network in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Hobby Lobby is preparing to open a LaGrange location in 2018. According to Hobby Lobby’s Communications Coordinator Bob Miller, the store’s opening is expected in early 2018.

The City of Columbus’ Planning Department looking to the public Thursday night in an open meeting about the city’s future.