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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

Kool Smiles, a leading provider of dental care in Columbus, is coordinating for the third year ‘Operation Troop Treats’, a program designed to give Columbus kids’ teeth a post-Halloween break and U.S. troops overseas a sweet reminder

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.

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, Judge Christopher S. Brasher of the Fulton County Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Third Sector Development and The New Georgia Project against the Secretary of State and the counties of Clayton,

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. 

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.

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, Judge Christopher S. Brasher of the Fulton County Superior Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by Third Sector Development and The New Georgia Project against the Secretary of State and the counties of Clayton,

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.