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According to the Muscogee County coroner, a 57-year-old man has died after being taken off life support following an Aug. 13 shooting.

On Saturday, a crew from News Leader 9 traveled to The Rock Outreach in Pine Mountain as a part of our Give 9 Day of Service event.

A patient at the East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika has tested negative for Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, the Alabama Department of Public Health announced on Saturday.

The Phenix City-Russell County NAACP presented its annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday night at Pine Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Phenix City.

It's a mixture of good and bad news for Columbus as the latest data on HIV infection rates in the city were released on Friday. The good news is that HIV Infections have dropped 23 percent for

A Columbus man who died after a fall in the Chattahoochee River on Thursday night has been identified as Hernandez Wilson, 30, but he will be remembered in Columbus for his music and community work. 

A 5-year-old child has been reunited with her mother after officials said she was kidnapped from an elementary school playground.

There is a new commander at the 14th Combat Support Hospital on Fort Benning. Colonel Cory Costello took command from Colonel Paula Lodi at the ceremony on Friday.

The suspect in the disappearance and murder of a Columbus woman last month has been given a scheduled date for a preliminary hearing. Stacey Gray will appear before a Chambers County judge Sept. 1 at 9 a.m.