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Columbus State's Promise Idiaru, Back From Stage 4 Lymphoma, Starts the Opener and Scores 10 in an 82-77 Win 9 Months After Ringing the Bell

CSU's Promise Idiaru Starts Opener 9 Months After Lymphoma Fight

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Promise Idiaru, a 6-foot-10 senior forward from Speyer, Germany, started Columbus State's season opener Monday night at the Frank G. Lumpkin Jr. Center and played 30 minutes in an 82-77 win over Auburn Mo...

By Mark Gertjegerdes · Nov. 14, 2026

Community Standing Boy Trails: 1,580 Acres, 30 Miles, a $5 Day Pass Nov. 14, 2026

Local Phenix City Safety Plan: 34 Road Deaths in 5 Years, 50% Cut Goal Nov. 14, 2026

Finance Columbus Q1 Revenue Up 9.49% to $20.9 Million Nov. 14, 2026

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Military Discounts in Columbus All Year: A Free Infantry Museum, $2 Off Naval and Space Museums, 10% at Lowe's and 6 Ways to Prove Service

Community

Columbus Military Discounts That Last All Year

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Veterans Day freebies come and go in a single day, but a handful of Columbus attractions and national ch...

Nov. 14, 2026

Business

Black Friday Hours in Columbus and Small Business Saturday

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Black Friday is Friday, Nov. 27, and the earliest doors in Columbus will open before sunrise. Kohl's pla...

Nov. 14, 2026

How to Check or Update Your Voter Registration After Nov. 3: Georgia's My Voter Page, the 5th-Monday Deadline and Alabama's 14-Day Cutoff

Politics

How to Check or Update Your Voter Registration in Ga. and Ala.

COLUMBUS, Ga. - The votes from Nov. 3 are counted, and the weeks after a big election are the easiest time to fix a vote...

Nov. 13, 2026

Harris County Votes Nov. 17 on a County Manager: Finalist Mark Tyner Ran 2 Alabama Counties for 21 Years and Is Leaving Grand County, Utah

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Harris County Votes Nov. 17 on Manager Finalist Mark Tyner

HAMILTON, Ga. - Harris County commissioners are scheduled to vote Tuesday, Nov. 17, on hiring Mark Tyner as county manag...

Nov. 13, 2026

Phenix City Keeps Its 1 Opportunity Zone, Auburn Gets 4 and Muscogee County Falls From 16 to 5 Under a Federal Map That Starts Jan. 1, 2027

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Phenix City Keeps 1 Opportunity Zone; Muscogee Falls to 5

PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Phenix City will keep its one federal Opportunity Zone for another decade, and Auburn will have four...

Nov. 13, 2026

Councilman Travis Chambers Buys Lunch for All 14 Columbus Fire Stations and Hands Out Challenge Coins at Station 9

Community

Travis Chambers Buys Lunch for Every Columbus Fire Station

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus City Councilman Travis Chambers bought lunch for the city's firefighters Friday, with meals del...

Nov. 13, 2026

Got a Traffic Ticket in Columbus? How Recorder's Court Works: 4 Ways to Pay, 23 Must-Appear Charges and the 15-Point Suspension Rule

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Columbus Traffic Tickets: 4 Ways to Pay and When You Must Appear

COLUMBUS, Ga. - A traffic ticket written in Columbus usually ends up in Recorder's Court, at 702 10th Street next to the...

Nov. 13, 2026

Feeding the Valley Reports a Food Shortage: A Food Drive Runs Through Nov. 18 at 5 Sites, and a Columbus Mobile Pantry Is Set for Nov. 21

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Feeding the Valley Reports a Food Shortage; Drive Runs to Nov. 18

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Feeding the Valley Food Bank, the nonprofit that supplies food pantries across an 18-county area that in...

Nov. 13, 2026

Columbus State Opens $3.2 Million Golf Clubhouse: 6,447 Square Feet, a Putting Lab and Simulator Bay, All Donor-Funded With 77% Raised

Sports

Columbus State Opens $3.2 Million Donor-Funded Golf Clubhouse

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus State University has opened a $3.2 million clubhouse for its men's and women's golf teams, a 6,...

Nov. 13, 2026

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Columbus' First Renewable Natural Gas Plant Starts Commercial Operation at Pine…

COLUMBUS, Ga. - A plant that turns gas from rotting garbage at the Pine Grove landfill into fuel for the local natural g...

Nov. 13, 2026

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How Columbus Was Founded in 1828

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus was established by the Georgia legislature in 1828 as a planned town along the Chattahoochee Ri...

Nov. 13, 2026

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Columbus Council Names 3 Department Directors

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus Council approved three permanent department directors at its Oct. 13, 2026, regular meeting: Ki...

Nov. 13, 2026

Education

Columbus State Names Archives for Historian Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. Ahead of 2028…

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus State University has renamed its Archives & Special Collections in honor of Columbus native and...

Nov. 13, 2026

Local

Tuskegee Airmen Site by the Numbers

COLUMBUS, Ga. - About 50 miles west of Columbus, off Interstate 85 in Tuskegee, Ala., a small airfield preserves the pla...

Nov. 13, 2026

Local

Andersonville by the Numbers

COLUMBUS, Ga. - About 60 miles southeast of Columbus by road, double rows of white posts outline a 26.5-acre field in Ma...

Nov. 13, 2026

Politics

Columbus Asks Georgia Lawmakers for 9 Things in 2027

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus leaders have handed the city's state lawmakers a list of nine things they want from the Georgia...

Nov. 13, 2026

Smiths Station Has 60 Days to Name a Mayor After Richard Cooley's Oct. 24 Death: 5 Council Members Choose, Then the Governor, Then a Vote

Local

Smiths Station's 60-Day Clock to Name a Mayor After Cooley Death

SMITHS STATION, Ala. - The five members of the Smiths Station City Council are working against a 60-day clock to choose...

Nov. 13, 2026

How to Ride METRA in Columbus: $1.30 Fare, 10 Routes on 15 Buses, a $53 Monthly Pass, $2.50 Dial-A-Ride Trips and a Free Uptown Shuttle

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How to Ride METRA: $1.30 Fares, 10 Routes, Free Uptown Shuttle

COLUMBUS, Ga. - A single ride on a METRA bus in Columbus costs $1.30, the system runs 10 routes with 15 buses from 4:30...

Nov. 13, 2026

Muscogee County's Nov. 3 Vote by the Numbers: 62,633 Ballots, 48% Turnout, 6 Flipped Precincts and a Nov. 20 Certification Deadline

Politics

Muscogee Vote by the Numbers: 48% Turnout, 6 Flipped Precincts

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Muscogee County voters cast 62,633 ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, a turnout of 48% of the count...

Nov. 13, 2026

GDOT Takes Comments Until Nov. 20 on a $36 Million Plan to Replace the County Line Road Bridge and Add Roundabouts at Manchester Expressway

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County Line Road Interchange Plan: Comments Due Nov. 20

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Drivers who use the County Line Road interchange on Manchester Expressway have until Friday, Nov. 20, to...

Nov. 13, 2026

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Politics

How to Check or Update Your Voter Registration in Ga. and Ala.

COLUMBUS, Ga. - The votes from Nov. 3 are counted, and the weeks after a big election are the easies...

Nov. 13, 2026

Columbus Asks Georgia Lawmakers for 9 Things in 2027

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus leaders have handed the city's state lawmakers a list of nine things they w...

Nov. 13, 2026

Muscogee Vote by the Numbers: 48% Turnout, 6 Flipped Precincts

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Muscogee County voters cast 62,633 ballots in the Nov. 3 general election, a turnout...

Nov. 13, 2026

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Standing Boy Trails: 1,580 Acres, 30 Miles, a $5 Day Pass

COLUMBUS, Ga. - In north Columbus, 1,580 acres of state-owned forest along Lake Oliver hold nearly 30 miles of hand-buil...

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Hispanic Heritage Month in Columbus

Hispanic Heritage Month runs Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, and there's still time to celebrate the Latin...

Oct. 5, 2026

Tri-City Latino Parade Bridges Georgia and Alabama for 5th Year

Columbus and Phenix City residents came together Saturday morning for the 5th annual Tri-City Latino...

Sept. 30, 2026

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CSU's Promise Idiaru Starts Opener 9 Months After Lymphoma Fight

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Columbus Military Discounts That Last All Year

Black Friday Hours in Columbus and Small Business Saturday

How to Check or Update Your Voter Registration in Ga. and Ala.

Harris County Votes Nov. 17 on Manager Finalist Mark Tyner

Phenix City Keeps 1 Opportunity Zone; Muscogee Falls to 5

Travis Chambers Buys Lunch for Every Columbus Fire Station

Columbus Traffic Tickets: 4 Ways to Pay and When You Must Appear

Feeding the Valley Reports a Food Shortage; Drive Runs to Nov. 18

Columbus State Opens $3.2 Million Donor-Funded Golf Clubhouse