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🚌 Getting There: METRA buses are offering rides to any of these cooling centers through Friday evening.
Posted inWeather

Cooling Centers Open in Columbus in Response to Triple-Digit Heat

by B.T. ClarkJuly 29, 2025July 29, 2025

It’s dangerously hot in Columbus this week, with triple-digit temperatures expected through Friday. City leaders have opened cooling stations to help people stay safe. 🥵 Why It Matters: Extreme heat like this can be deadly—especially for the elderly, kids, or anyone without air conditioning. These cooling stations offer a lifesaving break from the brutal heat. […]

🛣️ What's Happening: The city will close 1st Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday August 4 through Friday August 8, according to Columbus officials. The northbound lanes will stay closed even outside those hours as part of the ongoing Judicial Center construction.
Posted inTraffic & Transportation

Columbus Closes Downtown Street For Crane Work Next Week

by B.T. ClarkJuly 28, 2025July 28, 2025
🔍 Why It Matters: The weapons detection systems being installed at all middle and high schools represent the most visible part of a comprehensive security upgrade that will affect how students, parents, and visitors experience Muscogee County schools daily.
Posted inEducation

Back to School: Muscogee County Installs Weapons Detection System

by B.T. ClarkJuly 25, 2025July 25, 2025
Police arrested a suspect in a deadly shooting that killed a Columbus teenager and hurt another person last spring.
Posted inCrime

Teen Arrested in Columbus Shooting That Killed 17-Year-Old

by B.T. ClarkJuly 7, 2025July 7, 2025
Columbus residents now have a new ally in the fight against water pollution at Cooper Creek Park, where the first floating trash trap wetland in North America was just installed.
Posted inIn The News

First Floating Trash Trap Wetland in US Debuts on Chattahoochee River

by B.T. ClarkJuly 1, 2025July 1, 2025
Woman in a sequined dress hitchhiking on a desert road with a pink suitcase. Fashion meets adventure.
Posted inGeorgia By The Numbers

Which Georgia Residents Are Most Likely to Pick Up Hitchhikers?

by B.T. ClarkJune 19, 2025June 19, 2025
This spring, Columbus State University proudly graduated two brothers, Nicholes and Micah Spikes. Raised in Newnan, Georgia, the brothers have shared many chapters of life, and now they proudly share the title of CSU alumni.
Posted inEducation

Mother’s Memory Inspires Spikes Brothers to Triumph at Columbus State

by School ReportsJune 18, 2025June 18, 2025
Columbus lands at number 20 on a new national ranking of the most efficiently managed cities in America.
Posted inGeorgia By The Numbers

Columbus Cracks Top 20 For Best-Run Cities In America

by B.T. ClarkJune 17, 2025June 17, 2025
When military bands and programs come through Columbus, I'm always in attendance. When the conductors ask those in the audience to stand if they or a loved one served in the American Armed Forces, I rise for the Army, Navy, and Air Force. 
Posted inUnderdressed and Overeducated

Column: Columbus Celebrates the Army’s 250th Anniversary

by Erin GreerJune 14, 2025June 14, 2025
A domestic relationship turned deadly Monday when a 22-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her Columbus apartment, leading to murder charges against her former boyfriend who allegedly fled in her vehicle.
Posted inCrime

22-Year-Old Woman Stabbed to Death in Columbus Apartment. Ex-Boyfriend Arrested

by B.T. ClarkApril 29, 2025April 29, 2025
The Columbus Police Department has partnered with WXTX Fox 54 to shine new light on unsolved murders through a weekly segment called "Beyond the Yellow Tape."
Posted inCrime

Columbus Police Launch ‘Beyond The Yellow Tape’ Series To Solve Cold Cases

by B.T. ClarkApril 25, 2025April 25, 2025
Columbus residents are remembering former City Councilwoman Judy Thomas, who died Saturday after serving her community for more than a decade.
Posted inGeorgia People

Columbus Mourns Loss Of Former City Councilwoman Judy Thomas

by B.T. ClarkApril 19, 2025April 19, 2025
A day on the golf course ended in heartbreak. A father and son—both well-loved in their community—were killed in a tragic accident during Saturday's storms.
Posted inGeorgia People

GoFundMe Page Set Up For Father and Son Killed on Georgia Golf Course

by B.T. ClarkApril 7, 2025April 7, 2025
A tree fell at Bull Creek Golf Course in Midland, near Columbus, killing two people.
Posted inTalk of The Town

Two Deaths Reported After Tree Falls at Georgia Golf Course

by News DeskApril 6, 2025April 6, 2025
Atlanta is one of the healthiest places to live in America—at least according to a new report by WalletHub. But for Georgia’s other major cities, the news isn’t quite as bright.
Posted inHealth

Which Georgia Cities Have The Best and Worst Health Scores?

by B.T. ClarkMarch 31, 2025
Columbus Botanical Garden will offer daily educational activities for children during Spring Break starting Tuesday, April 1. The program runs from 10 a.m. to noon each day with different themes, including Sensory Safari, Earth Warriors Wednesday, Mud Pie Mania and Fairytale Friday. Parents or caregivers must stay with their children during the activities.
Posted inEvents

Columbus Botanical Garden Hosts Spring Break Activities For Kids

by B.T. ClarkMarch 26, 2025March 26, 2025
Retired Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe, who served as commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning until July 2022, told News 3:
Posted inOpinion

Renaming Fort Benning Isn’t Fiscal Conservatism: It’s Expensive, Offensive Partisanship

by Erin GreerMarch 5, 2025March 5, 2025
(The Center Square) – Two years after the sign at Fort Benning was changed to Fort Moore, the sign at the Army base in Georgia will be changed again.
Posted inIn The News

Why is Fort Benning Being Renamed Again?

by Kim Jarrett | The Center SquareMarch 5, 2025March 5, 2025

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