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Friday evening, the Montgomery community gathered to honor the life of Lee football and basketball star Jamari Smith with a balloon release.

As protests over the death of George Floyd grow in cities across the U.S., government officials have been warning of the “outsiders” — groups of organized rioters they say are flooding into major cities not to call

Police are investigating a Saturday night armed robbery in Columbus.

Hurricane season officially starts Monday, though Tropical Storms Arthur and Bertha arrived early. Forecasters are expecting a busier-than-normal season.

SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk’s company.

A Columbus man has been taken into custody by the CPD Sex Crimes Unit.

Years of festering frustrations over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police boiled over in expressions of rage met with tear gas and rubber bullets.

In a show of solidarity, Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson joined the crowd and walked side by side with them.The peaceful protest lasted several hours.

Dozens of police officers, public health workers, transit workers and paramedics have died of COVID-19 in the months since New York became the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States.

Health experts fear that silent carriers of the virus who have no symptoms could unwittingly infect others at packed gatherings with people cheering and jeering, many without masks.