Muscogee County News

Now that the Muscogee County School Board has approved the administration's proposal to close Edgewood Elementary and Marshall Middle schools to make up for state budget cuts, students who would have attended there next school year will receive new assignments.

I need to hear more about the deliberations within the superintendent's cabinet that led to support for closing schools knowing it means larger class sizes.

Joe Paull/jpaull@ledger-enquirer.comDominque Donaldson, a teacher at Dawson Elementary School, was recognized at Monday evening's Muscogee County School Board meeting as being the best teacher in her first year.

The Muscogee County School District's high school graduation rate decreased from 2011 to 2012 while the state average and similar districts improved.

Stealing the thunder of a John Grisham courtroom, Mark Cantrell polled the leaders of the Muscogee County School District like a defense attorney polling jurors in a murder trial.

A west Georgia school system has approved a package of cuts that includes closing an elementary school and a middle school.

The Muscogee County School Board is scheduled to vote tonight on interim superintendent John Phillips' $9.5 million package of cuts that include closing Edgewood Elementary and Marshall Middle schools.

The bomb was Myles Caggins, chief of operations and facilities for the Muscogee County School District, telling a crowd at a public hearing that the district must close not two schools, but six.

A man arrested Sunday night on child molestation and sexual battery charges now faces additional charges in connection with a robbery that occurred in April, according to a Columbus Police report.

A former Columbus Police corporal who resigned under pressure last week after falsely accusing Chief Ricky Boren of using a racial slur in reference to Marshal Greg Countryman, had been suspended six years ago for making discriminatory comments about "white folks." According to reports obtained Wednesday under Georgia's Open Records Act, officer ... (more)

A House education subcommittee today voted to cut off all federal aid to public schools that are still segregated as of June 30, 1964, the Associated Press reported from Washington.

Amid all the grown-up talk about state budget cuts prompting the Muscogee County School District to consider closing schools, two Marshall Middle School Students spoke up during Tuesday night's public hearing.

The chief operations and facilities officer for the Muscogee County School District told people at a public hearing on the proposed closing of Edgewood Elementary that the school was chosen for its location and the ability to repurpose the building.

A 66-year-old Midland man died on Manchester Expressway Tuesday morning after suffering a cardiac arrest, according to the Muscogee County Coroner's Office.

A 91-year-old Valley, Ala., woman reported she was sexually assaulted in a residence on the 1500 block of 55th Street Saturday, according to a Valley Police Department news release.

Joe Paull jpaull@ledger-enquirer.com Muscogee County Sherrif John Darr talks with the participants of the Law Enforcement Torch Run Monday afternoon at the Government Center.

A Columbus pastor has accused the Muscogee County School District of intimidating teachers into silence about the proposed closing of two schools amid budget cuts.

For months since he was charged with first-degree child cruelty, he has been allowed to spend only a few hours with his 11-year-old son and allowed no time at all with his daughter, who turned 7 Thursday.

Columbus police arrested three people early Sunday morning after responding to a report of a loud party at 2919 Auburn Avenue.

Winners in this year's Georgia Cities Week "If I Were Mayor" essay contest were Ethan Wells, Blackmon Road Middle School, who took regional state District 8, and Austin Baker of Arnold Middle School, who took first place in Muscogee County while Cole Kirkland of Blackmon took second and Meg Kenimer of Brookstone School took third.