Columbus News

A rapid that gained a notorious reputation as part of a new whitewater course on the Chattahoochee River has been reopened after dozens of rafters were dumped into the rushing water during its first week.

A national survey that ranked Columbus State University's teacher education program on the lowest level used "questionable methodology," the school's spokesman said Wednesday.

A Columbus man caught with hundreds of explicit images depicting underage girls having sex pleaded guilty this morning to sexual exploitation of minors.

Army Rangers who served in Vietnam and as instructors at Fort Benning are concerned that standards may drop if women are allowed to train for the elite fighting force.

The mayor of Columbus is warning of "massive layoffs" of city workers next year if the consolidated government continues on its current path.

For the first time in a long time, there are more contestants from Columbus than any other city in the Miss Georgia Pageant.

The Chattahoochee River whitewater course rapid that one West Virginia safety expert called "notorious," was reopened to paying customers by outfitter Whitewater Express and Uptown Columbus Inc., the nonprofit downtown development corporation that manages the new Chattahoochee River Park.

Muscogee County schools may drop Bible reading and the recitation of the Lord's Prayer at the beginning of each school day, according to School Supt.

You think you have them in the trap, but sometimes you end up in the teeth of a tight grip.

Columbus recycles only about 4 percent of its refuse. That's a paltry amount compared to a lot of communities, but Columbus doesn't make people recycle, and doesn't always make it easy for those who do.

Obama says we can't afford to heat our troops' slop. But it is okay for Queen Michelle to stay in a $3,300 super fancy Dublin hotel suite.

When insurance executives at Aflac sought employees for plum assignments last year, they abandoned the traditional resumes and job interview routine.

The Ledger-Enquirer is looking for Columbus or Phenix City parents enrolling their children into tutoring programs this summer.

Many are living to paycheck to paycheck, taking on too much debt and facing the daunting prospect of relying primarily on Social Security benefits in their so-called golden years.

Meredith Crawley, Miss Lake Lanier, and Kristy Miller, Miss Cherokee Rose, cross the finish line of the 2013 Miss Georgia 5K Pajama Run Saturday in downtown Columbus.

Columbus police are investigating the report of three cars on Front Street being broken into and items taken during the Army Birthday Ball at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center.

Preliminary work is already underway on the West Point Dam project, which will cost approximately $55 million, Virginia L. Kauble, technical liaison officer with the Corps of Engineers, said Wednesday.

Investigators have determined no one tampered with Columbus fire department records related to a 2010 home day care fire that killed one child and injured three others, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Wayne Smith.

The music was loud and the aroma from barbecue grills was strong Saturday as a smaller-than-expected crowd gathered at Cooper Creek Park for the 27th Annual Family Day in the Park."

A body found in a CVS parking lot in Columbus, Ga. may be that of 17-year-old Steven Bradley Foster of Alabaster, according to WBRC Fox 6 .