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News Articles: Columbus

A security camera in front of a boarded up duplex at the Dogwood Terrace public housing complex in Augusta. The city's housing authority is moving forward with a years-long plans to demolish the neighborhood's old apartment buildings.

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Decision pending in Augusta public housing case could have statewide impact

The State Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on a case that could change the way landlords of public housing are held accountable.

May 14, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Georgia Democrat Jason Esteves says he’s running for governor in 2026.

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Georgia Democrat Jason Esteves says he's running for governor in 2026

Georgia Democrat Jason Esteves says he’s running for governor in 2026. He enters a field that remains murky for his party after two top potential candidates backed away from a run.

April 21, 2025
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  • Associated Press
​The Columbus Clingstones debuted to a sellout crowd in Synovus Park Tuesday, defeating the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 3-0 in a game that saw several first-ever occurrences for the new team. Mike Haskey/Ledger-Enquirer

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Columbus Clingstones sell out, win team’s first home game. What to know

The Columbus Clingstones debuted to a sellout crowd in Synovus Park Tuesday, defeating the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 3-0 in a game that saw several first-ever occurrences for the new team.

April 16, 2025
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A bridge over I 185 marks the entrance to the U.S. Army's Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga., Aug. 21, 2015.

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Fort Benning takes back its old name, but to honor a different soldier

The Army is restoring the name Fort Benning to its storied training post in Georgia, only this time it will honor an 18-year-old WWI corporal.

April 16, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Debra and Herman Mills died as a result of their injuries after their 2015 Ford F250 “Super Duty” truck rolled over and the roof crushed down on them in August 2022 in Decatur County, Georgia, according to the news release from the Columbus-based law firm Butler Prather. Courtesy of Butler Prather

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Columbus jury renders verdict in $2.5 billion lawsuit against Ford Motor Company

A Columbus jury rendered a “phase 2” verdict Friday of $2.5 billion in punitive damages in a case against the Ford Motor Company, according to a news release from Butler Prather LLP, a Columbus-based law firm.

February 17, 2025
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  • Kelby Hutchison
Susan Williams,seated center, a patient at the John B. Amos Cancer Center in Columbus, Georgia, is receiving a new cancer treatment known as Bispecific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) therapies on Feb. 11, 2025. Here, she is photographed with some of her care providers. Credit: Mike Haskey/Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

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‘It’s working!’ Columbus cancer center is first in Georgia to administer this new therapy

John B. Amos Cancer Center at Piedmont Columbus Regional’s midtown medical complex is the first in Georgia to offer this groundbreaking cancer treatment. The treatment, Bi-Specific T-Cell Engager (BiTE) therapy, is showing promising results in U.S. patients with certain types of cancer, including small-cell lung cancer, lymphoma and multiple myeloma. 

February 14, 2025
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  • Jordyn Paul-Slater
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Glenn Harris was among the soldiers who survived the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia. One year later, he died at the age of 35 in a parachute training accident at Fort Benning, now named Fort Moore, where his 3rd Ranger Battalion was based. Photo courtesy of Tara Harris

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Columbus native’s research helps produce Netflix docuseries ‘Surviving Black Hawk Down’

Surviving Black Hawk Down, a three-part Netflix series, tells stories of soldiers and civilians who survived the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.

February 10, 2025
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  • Mark Rice
An artist's rendering of the planned Synovus Park in Columbus, Ga.

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Fans invited to celebrate another milestone in minor league baseball’s return to Columbus

The effort to play minor league baseball in Columbus for the first time in 17 years achieves another milestone Jan. 30 at Synovus Park.

January 30, 2025
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  • Mark Rice
The great snow storm of 1973 began February 9 and dumped fourteen inches of snow on Columbus, Georgia before it was over. This is a snowman on the grounds of First Baptist Church in Columbus. Ledger-Enquirer file photo

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Georgia colder than Alaska? These five winter wonderlands are warmer than here right now

Okay, Georgia, we have snow, and it’s colder here than it’s been in a very long time. These conditions are so unusual for us, it makes Southerners, unaccustomed to extreme winter weather, wonder just how bad we have it at the moment.

January 22, 2025
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  • Sundi Rose
Carolyn Hugley, a state representative from Columbus, Georgia, was recently selected as the House minority leader in the Georgia General Assembly. Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com

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Columbus’ Carolyn Hugley starts as GA’s House Democratic leader. What her priorities are

Asked whether state Rep. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus has the ability to be successful in her new role as leader of the Georgia House Democrats, retired state Rep. Calvin Smyre said, “I really think she is ready."

January 15, 2025
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  • Mark Rice
Foster Lambertus, left, and Jerry Ludy pose for a photo in 2021 at Ludy’s Christmas Lights Spectacular in Columbus. Courtesy of Foster Lambertus

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The creator of the largest Christmas lights display in Columbus retired. Meet his successor

Foster Lambertus was among those throughout the Chattahoochee Valley whose holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Ludy’s Christmas Lights Spectacular. Now he's picking up the torch himself.

December 23, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
Former state Rep. Calvin Smyre of Columbus is joined on the Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts stage by members of the local legislative delegation Dec. 18, 2024, at the ceremony celebrating the naming of the intersection of I-185 and Macon Road as the Calvin Smyre Interchange. Darrell Roaden Special to the Ledger-Enquirer

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‘Make your life by what you give.’ Calvin Smyre honored with his name on this interchange

Columbus’ Calvin Smyre, who was the longest-serving member of the Georgia House of Representatives, was honored Wednesday as the intersection of I-I85 and Macon Road was named the State Representative Calvin Smyre Interchange.

December 20, 2024
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  • Brittany McGee
The National Ranger Memorial, established in 1992, is at Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning. army.mil

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Judge decides lawsuit wanting Confederate’s name restored to a Fort Moore memorial

A lawsuit filed by the Columbus-based National Ranger Memorial Foundation to restore the name of a Confederate officer to the memorial and to the elite Army unit’s hall of fame at Fort Moore has been dismissed.

December 18, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
Macon's Christmas Light Extravaganza and Macon Pops Christmas Spectacular opens Nov. 29, 2024 and the light show with music runs through Jan. 5, 2025.

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Longing for the Christmases of childhood? These Georgia holiday events offer comfort and joy

Across the state as communities prepare for tree lighting ceremonies, concerts, art exhibitions, stage shows and more, a theme is emerging: nostalgia.

November 27, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
The emergency room at Piedmont Macon Medical Center.

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A brief look at updated hospital safety grades in Georgia

Leapfrog Group, the health care watchdog nonprofit, uses responses from a voluntary survey and other data collected by federal agencies to grade hospitals on safety.

November 18, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
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