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Jet engine maker Pratt & Whitney laid off about 350 employees across the country on Wednesday — a handful in Columbus — amid concerns that airlines may delay or cancel orders as the global economy slows.
Twenty-two absentee ballots cast in the names of local nursing home residents are being challenged after a woman reported finding someone in her mother’s room at Hamilton House persuading the elderly patient to sign one of the ballots.
One University Avenue business had its glass door broken while another had a hole busted through its wall in an early Wednesday burglary.
The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell one day after the team absorbed an embarrassing loss at Denver.
Increasing the cost of health benefits to employees and a new fee on students are two ways the University System of Georgia is dealing with a worsening state budget crisis.
Clark currently is the executive director of the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, provides financing for water and sewer projects.
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech has been selected as the ACC representative in the Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.
HOUSTON — Oft-injured Mike Hampton finalized a one-year, $2 million deal with the Houston Astros on Wednesday, hoping to resurrect his career in the place where he became a prominent big league pitcher.
Central High School’s Musical Theatre will present “Broadway Blast” on Friday, Dec. 19.
The inevitable came Wednesday for Vincent Bernard Jones.
Entertainers compete in tonight's Rivertown Showdown at The Loft, 1032 Broadway. The weekly competition starts at 8 p.m. and lets audience members vote for their favorite performer.
Tenth Avenue North, along with local singer/guitarist Garrett Lee, will be in concert at 7 p.m. Friday at North Highland Assembly of God, 7300 Whittlesey Blvd.
Columbus police are investigating the report of a rape.
The Muscogee County Evening High School will hold spring registration sessions for students interested in recovering credits needed to graduate beginning Dec. 16.
The Harlem Globetrotters are bringing their 2009 “Spinning the Globe” World Tour to Columbus on March 18.
The Dec. 17 regular meeting of the Board of Commiissioners of the Housing Authority of Columbus has been canceled due to insufficient business requiring board action at this time.
Richards and Fort middle schools in Columbus will present an orchestra concert based on winter and holiday songs. The free concert will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Columbus Museum, 1251 Wynnton Road.
Standard Deluxe's 17th annual Holiday T-shirt and Poster yard sale will be 10 a.m.-6 p.m. EST Saturday in Waverly, Ala.
Emmanuel Christian Community Church is celebrating its fifth anniversary this weekend, with various events.
We need your help in our search for the best holiday light displays in town.
Britney Spears and her highly anticipated The Circus Starring Britney Spears 2009 Tour will be in Atlanta's Philips Arena, 1 Philips Drive on March 5.
The Urban League of Greater Columbus is offering free rides to voting polls today.
The Muscogee County School Board may have offered the job of superintendent to Susan Andrews, but there are still some things that need to be worked out before she takes office.
The daily commute along 13th street in Uptown Columbus just became a little more cheery.
The problem some voters encountered early today was the result of a database from the Nov. 4 election being duplicated for use in today's runoff. It showed people who voted early for the November election as having already voted in the runoff.
Georgia voters had their hands on the balance of power in the next U.S. Senate as polls opened Tuesday for a runoff election, one of two unresolved races that Democrats need to win to get a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters.
Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter Peter Mayer, widely known as his current role as guitarist for Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefers, performs a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 18 at North Highland Assembly of God, 7300 Whittlesey Blvd.
Elton John and Billy Joel, the most successful and longest-running concert pairing in pop history, will reunite for their Face 2 Face tour and will perform in Atlanta's Philips Arena at 7:30 p.m. March 14.
The Georgia Historical Society will give Columbus Museum's associate curator of history Mike Bunn and Columbus State University history professor Virginia Causey the Roger K. Warwick Local History Achievement Award Thursday at the National Infantry Museum.
St. James CME Church, 380 Northstar Drive, has its Children Clothes giveaway 10 a.m.-noon Saturday. The giveaway is the first and third Saturday of each month.
Astronomers tell stargazers to watch for a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter over a sliver of moon where the night sky's clear of clouds to the southwest.
Folks who want to get their float, troupe or band into the Columbus and Phenix City Christmas parade have until 5 p.m. Friday to put in their application. They may call 334-291-4719 or 706-576-5475, or download an application from www.columbusga.org/parks.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A pair of freshmen who aren’t playing like newcomers are two of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s players of the week.
Columbus hot spot Aqua Nightclub has closed its doors "for good," according to a blog post on the venue's MySpace page.
Property owners are required to pay at least 40 percent of their bill by Oct. 1. If they chose not pay the full amount by that deadline, then the rest is due today.
"The Gospel According to Scrooge" is 7 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday at First Assembly of God, 3777 U.S. 431 North, Phenix City.
Jim Martin made a brief appearance in Columbus Sunday afternoon during a multi-city campaign swing through Georgia in his bid to unseat U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss.
Heaping piles of rubble, brick, concrete and twisted metal are about all that's left of several buildings at the former Riverview Apartments in Phenix City that are being demolished.
Many dodged rain showers today in quest of the perfect Christmas gift. Others yelled at television sets, trying to spur their favorite SEC team to victory.
The Columbus State University Alumni Association hosts an alumni open house and cocktail buffet at 5:30-8 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Coca-Cola Space Science Center, 701 Front Ave.
The night before Thanksgiving is often considered the biggest party night of the year, and local bars will try to win partiers' attention with a variety of promotions tonight.
The 2008 World AIDS Day Program, STOP AIDS. Keep the Promise, will be at 6 p.m. Monday at the Davidson Student Auditorium, Columbus State University, 4225 University Ave.
The Professional Bull Riders return to the Columbus Civic Center on Jan. 16-17.
A Salem, Ala., woman and her 7-year-old daughter died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a Monday night crash on J.R. Allen parkway.
If you have a donation for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, you can drop off the toys throughout December at the Columbus location of the Department of Driver Services, 8397 Macon Road between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
A Community Thanksgiving Service is 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 1104 Second Ave. The Rev. J.H. Flakes, pastor of Fourth Street Baptist Church, will preach.
Crewmen with the City of Columbus facilities maintenance department erected the city's Christmas tree on the 1100 block of Broadway Tuesday. Mayor Jim Wetherington will light the tree, which is 47 feet to the top of the star, during the Broadway Holiday festivities on Friday, Dec. 5, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Santa Claus and entertainment from area high school and church choirs will be a part of the celebration.
The Mobile, Ala.-based Southern rockers from the Wes Loper Band perform a free show tonight at the Shanty Shack, 4475 Warm Springs Road. Music starts at 8 p.m.
The night before Thanksgiving generally means big business for local hot spots. Many bars have already planned special promotions to attract crowds.
Most requests for mail-in absentee ballots came from Republicans using a mail-out they got from the state party. Nancy Boren, Columbus’ elections director, said her office had received about 6,500 mail-in ballot requests by Monday morning. She said she had ordered 7,000 ballots for the runoff, but had to order 3,000 more because of the demand.
The next One Columbus Race Relations Breakfast is 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Ruth Ann's, 941 Veterans Parkway.
Author Juan Williams will speak at 7 p.m. Dec. 2 in the Columbus Public Library, 3000 Macon Road. He'll be part of the programming for "381 Days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott," the exhibit curated by the Smithsonian Institution.
Two Columbus restaurant owners ended up in the hospital after a man tried to rob their business with a wrench.
Shots were allegedly fired at three Columbus teens while they were hanging out at a local community center early Saturday.
Columbus police arrested two Shaw High School students Friday after a knife and marijuana were found in one student’s car.
A Circle K store manager was robbed Friday morning while on her way to the bank.
An 85-year-old woman died in a Saturday morning fire at her Hatchechubbee, Ala., home.
More than 800 people filled the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Columbus Saturday for an opportunity to have Glenn Beck sign copes of his new book, "The Christmas Sweater".
The weather forecasters at the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts are predicting snow flurries at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5. That's the day winterfest2008 kicks off.
The Rev. David Howle, pastor of Ladonia Baptist Church, is the speaker Tuesday at "Lunch With the Lord."
A student has been wounded in a shooting at a residence hall at Savannah State University.
The Bridges, a folk rock act recently featured in publications like CosmoGirl and Paste Magazine, perform at The Loft Saturday. Cover is $8 and the show starts at 9 p.m.
Tenth Avenue North, along with Garret Lee, will be in concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 at North Highland Assembly of God, 7300 Whittelsey Blvd.
The rugby team from the U.S. Air Force defeated the Navy team 37-8 Thursday afternoon to win the 2008 Armed Forces Rugby Championship at Fort Benning's Stewart-Watson Field.
Common, a Grammy-winning artist who has starred in films like "American Gangster," will appear tonight at Tabu Night Club in Columbus. Doors open at 9 p.m.
Georgia’s unemployment rate surged to 7 percent in October — a 16-year high — the Georgia Department of Labor reported today. The jobless rate rose from 6.4 percent in September, the department said. A year ago in October, the rate registered 4.5 percent.
A Community Thanksgiving Service is 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke United Methodist Church, 2204 Second Ave.
The Bridge Church, 4311 Second Ave., will host the 2008 Columbus Faith Conference at 7 p.m. Dec. 3-5 with a special Business and Leadership Seminar at 10 a.m. Dec. 5.
Entertainers compete in tonight's Rivertown Showdown at The Loft, 1032 Broadway. The weekly competition starts at 8 p.m. and lets audience members vote for their favorite performer.
“It’s not the way we do things,” said Elder Bobby Harris, director of the House of Mercy. “We don’t have people standing on street corners asking for donations.” But men pretending to be from the Columbus homeless shelter have been doing just.
State authorities say the cougar a Newnan, Ga., man killed Sunday near West Point Lake in Troup County had characteristics of an animal that had been held captive. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said the animal was well fed and fat, and had a "very low parasite level," indications it had not been feeding on wild game. Also the pads on the cougar's paws were scuffed in a manner common to animals that have been on concrete rather than roaming the woods.
Central Christian Church, 7775 Moon Road, is having its Annual Holiday Bake and Gift Sale 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday.
Connor Christian, a singer-songwriter from Atlanta, performs a free show tonight at the Shanty Shack, 4475 Warm Springs Road. Music starts at 8 p.m.
Kingdom Faith Outreach Ministries, 1012 11th St. in Phenix City, is having an Empowerment Conference at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Lil Wayne will headline a concert at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 31 in Philips Arena, 1 Philips Drive. Opening are Keyshia Cole, T-Pain and Gym Class Heroes.
Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, has been charged with securities fraud by engaging in illegal insider trading, according to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission today in federal court in Dallas.
Friday and Saturday, Columbus State University's Campus Nerds will present NerdaCon, an annual event that includes anime, video games and other science fiction draws. It's free and open to the public.
The deadline is Thursday to register for the annual Precept Christmas Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Kay Arthur. The luncheon is 11:30 a.m. Dec. 4 at the Columbus Convention & Trade Center.
A man resting in his SUV early Sunday was awoken by gunmen, police said.
A Saturday afternoon robbery left a Victory Drive liquor store without some of its earnings, police said.
The armed men asked their target why he'd bring a knife to a gun fight — and then they ran away.
A Friday evening fight has left two Columbus men shot and the alleged gunman in jail.
A Spectrum gas station in Columbus was robbed Saturday afternoon.
Police are looking for a man who robbed a Columbus convenience store at gunpoint Friday afternoon.
A 68-year-old Columbus man was robbed at gunpoint Friday while at a gas station.
The Georgia Bulldogs saved a 17-13 lead with two seconds left in the game when a Kodi Burns pass brushed off the fingertips of Tiger running back Ben Tate.
The Auburn Tigers blocked a first quarter field goal attempt by Georgia, but missed a point after, as they trail the Bulldogs 7-6 at the end of the first half.
Tiger fans are slowly gathering to show support as their team prepares to host the University of Georgia Bulldogs at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday. The weather is perfect for fall ball, and the marching band is playing its way through the tailgaters.
The Columbus-based regional bankholding company said Friday it has received preliminary approval from the U.S. Treasury to sell $973 million of preferred stock to the government.
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