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Letourneau was a former suburban Seattle teacher who became tabloid fodder when she pleaded guilty in 1997 to raping her 12-year-old student. She served a 7½-year prison term.

The injured officer “suffered some pretty serious stab wounds,” according to the police chief, who credits the homeless good Samaritan with saving the man’s life.

Timothy Mayes-Howe, 21, is charged with two counts of felony child molestation, rape, and enticing a child for indecent purposes.

An eviction moratorium is lifting. Extra unemployment benefits are ending. Parents are being called to work, but schools are struggling to reopen for fall as the COVID-19 crisis shows no signs of easing.

Alabama counties are trying to process a high number of absentee ballot applications before the primary runoff election Tuesday.

The Courier Eco Latino Newspape hosted a virtual town hall with several Columbus state lawmakers explaining what bills passed and how they will affect people in the Chattahoochee Valley.

This is the week prep football programs in Muscogee County have been waiting for. The school district gave the go-ahead and they’ve all gone ahead with vengeance, starting up voluntary workouts in advance of fall training camp.

Representatives with Global Payments, formerly known as TSYS, said they closed after finding out the diagnosis.

Tuesday, MercyMed of Columbus held drive-through testing for more than five hours at Edgewood Baptist Church.

At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after working several weeks in a Capitol where many people stood or sat close together and did not wear masks.