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COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus native Hubert Smith III, a cast member on OWN's "Ready to Love: Chicago," sat down with The Columbus Times for a 30-minute conversation about love, dating and life beyond reality television. The...

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Victoria Green Is Smiths Station's New Mayor After a Unanimous Nov. 10 Council Vote

SMITHS STATION, Ala. - Smiths Station has a new mayor. The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday, Nov. 10, to name V...

Nov. 15, 2026

Carmen Rice Won House District 139 by 2,629 Votes, but Only 329 of Them Came From Muscogee: A Precinct Canvass of the Certified Count

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Rice Won House 139 by 2,629 Votes; Only 329 Came From Muscogee

COLUMBUS, Ga. - State Rep. Carmen Rice won a second full term in Georgia House District 139 by 2,629 votes, 12,734 to 10...

Nov. 14, 2026

198 Senior Apartments Planned Next to Harper Woods on Warm Springs Road: Up to $24 Million in Housing Authority Bonds and a 4-Story Building

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198 Senior Apartments Planned on Warm Springs Road, $24M in Bonds

COLUMBUS, Ga. - A second phase of the Harper Woods apartments on Warm Springs Road, this one 198 units for older residen...

Nov. 14, 2026

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

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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...

Nov. 14, 2026

Standing Boy Trails by the Numbers: 1,580 Acres, Nearly 30 Miles of Trail, $2.5 Million in Donations, a $5 Day Pass and a Nov. 21 Trailfest

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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...

Nov. 14, 2026

Phenix City Safety Plan: 7,379 Crashes, 34 Deaths and 269 Serious Injuries in 5 Years, a 50% Cut by 2036 and a $250,000 Grant Closing Out

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Phenix City Safety Plan: 34 Road Deaths in 5 Years, 50% Cut Goal

PHENIX CITY, Ala. - Phenix City is closing the books on the federal grant that paid for its first citywide road safety p...

Nov. 14, 2026

Columbus General Fund Revenue Up 9.49% to $20.9 Million in the First Quarter: $8.9 Million From Sales Tax, 77% of Budget Unspent

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Columbus Q1 Revenue Up 9.49% to $20.9 Million

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Columbus' general fund took in $20,921,396, or about $20.9 million, in the first three months of the 202...

Nov. 14, 2026

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Politics

Victoria Green Is Smiths Station's New Mayor After a Unanimous Nov. 10 Council Vote

SMITHS STATION, Ala. - Smiths Station has a new mayor. The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday...

Nov. 15, 2026

Rice Won House 139 by 2,629 Votes; Only 329 Came From Muscogee

COLUMBUS, Ga. - State Rep. Carmen Rice won a second full term in Georgia House District 139 by 2,629...

Nov. 14, 2026

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

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Free Drive-Thru Paper Shredding Comes to the Columbus City Services Center Nov. 21

COLUMBUS, Ga. - Muscogee County residents can get rid of old bank statements, credit card offers and other sensitive pap...

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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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Victoria Green Is Smiths Station's New Mayor After a Unanimous Nov. 10 Council Vote

Rice Won House 139 by 2,629 Votes; Only 329 Came From Muscogee

198 Senior Apartments Planned on Warm Springs Road, $24M in Bonds

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

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

Phenix City Safety Plan: 34 Road Deaths in 5 Years, 50% Cut Goal

Columbus Q1 Revenue Up 9.49% to $20.9 Million

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

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

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Columbus Council Names 3 Department Directors

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

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Victoria Green Is Smiths Station's New Mayor After a Unanimous Nov. 10 Council Vote

Rice Won House 139 by 2,629 Votes; Only 329 Came From Muscogee

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

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Hubert Smith III Talks Love, Dating and Life After Reality TV

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Latest News

Victoria Green Is Smiths Station's New Mayor After a Unanimous Nov. 10 Council Vote

Rice Won House 139 by 2,629 Votes; Only 329 Came From Muscogee

198 Senior Apartments Planned on Warm Springs Road, $24M in Bonds

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

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

Phenix City Safety Plan: 34 Road Deaths in 5 Years, 50% Cut Goal

Columbus Q1 Revenue Up 9.49% to $20.9 Million

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

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

How Columbus Was Founded in 1828

Columbus Council Names 3 Department Directors

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

Politics

Victoria Green Is Smiths Station's New Mayor After a Unanimous Nov. 10 Council Vote

Rice Won House 139 by 2,629 Votes; Only 329 Came From Muscogee

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

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Free Drive-Thru Paper Shredding Comes to the Columbus City Services Center Nov. 21

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

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Veterans Day 2026 in Columbus

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