Cataula News

An ambulance is out of commission and a fire station door is mangled after a single-vehicle wreck that put one man in jail.

Christopher Thomas Grantham, 26, was arrested in December and accused of touching a 5-year-old relative.

“In simplest terms, they offered us long-term stability and care for our children.”

The Methodist Home for Children and Youth oversees Our House, which opened in Columbus in 2002. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

'Ladies Night Out,' featuring Dee Armstrong of WTVM Channel 9, is 7 p.m. April 18 at Hunter Road Baptist Church, 1803 Hunter Road in Cataula, Ga. via Ledger-Enquirer.com

“But I've cut back as much as I can.”

Sharon Flemons doesn't pull any punches when explaining how she feels about the relentless surge in gasoline and grocery prices.

'It's pretty much killing everybody,' said the Cataula, Ga., resident, 45, who commutes to work at a Columbus tire store each day in a 2003 GMC Yukon.

Columbus-area residents' financial pain looks to get much worse over the coming months, however, with fuel and food prices expected to keep climbing.

In fact, pump prices hit an all-time high Saturday in the Columbus metro area, with regular unleaded gas selling for an average $3.22 per gallon, according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report. Read more

“He has pretty good foresight about actions”

Commission to vote on hiring at Feb. 5 meeting BY HARRY FRANKLIN - hfranklin@ledger-enquirer.com -- Harris County could have a new county manager in February. via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“It has been blown entirely out of proportion.”

Mayor puts police internal affairs office in charge of inquiry BY CHUCK WILLIAMS - chwilliams@ledger-enquirer.com -- The city of Columbus has launched an investigation into the events surrounding the wreck of ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

“I don't know how the surge in housing is going to be met”

A Raleigh, N.C., developer is planning his second Columbus apartment complex, this time catering primarily to young professionals rather than college students.

Kenney Properties plans to construct the luxury apartment development, to be called Arlington Ridge, on 28 acres of land on the west side of Veterans Parkway just north of Northside High School, Veterans Memorial Middle School and North Columbus Elementary School.

The project cleared its first hurdle Wednesday at the Columbus Planning Advisory Commission. It received a unanimous recommendation for rezoning from single-family residential use to residential multi-family. The case now goes before Columbus Council at a later date for a final rezoning decision. Read more