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George Del Gobbo on conducting the Columbus Symphony

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  • Music News

George Del Gobbo on the joys of conducting the Columbus Symphony

You can hear the Columbus Symphony in concert on GPB Radio in February on Front Row Georgia. Host Sarah Zaslaw recently caught up with its maestro.

February 03, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Zaslaw
A demonstration in Atlanta on the evening of Jan. 27, 2023 after the release of a video depicting the arrest and fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by police in Memphis, Tn.

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  • News

Atlanta protest update: National Guard troops arrive downtown; Memphis releases Tyre Nichols video

Law enforcement across the country were on alert Friday evening for possible unrest in response to the release of the video footage of the arrest of Tyre Nichols. Nichols was beaten by police during a traffic stop in Memphis on Jan. 7 and died Jan. 10 from his injuries. Protests began shortly after the release of the video Friday evening. Demonstrations began in Memphis, New York City, Atlanta and other cities.

January 26, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
LaShundra Thomas in the doorway of her new home in Columbus. A string of deadbeat landlords in Atlanta left Thomas without adequate housing.

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  • Economy

On the cutting edge of solutions to homelessness in Georgia, it's 'housing first'

After years of steady declines, levels of homelessness in the U.S. began rising again during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proven strategies are being used to reduce homelessness, even if they are facing new challenges.

October 27, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Columbus resident Morgan Harrell (center) is a dancer in the movie “A Jazzman’s Blues” on Netflix. The film is written and directed by Tyler Perry (left) and choreographed by Debbie Allen (right).

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  • Arts & Life

Columbus resident believes faith and God helped her land role in Tyler Perry’s new movie

Columbus resident Morgan Harrell believes faith and divine intervention helped her land this role three years after being so severely injured, it was unclear whether she would dance again.

September 26, 2022
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By:
  • Mark Rice
Democratic nominee for governor Stacey Abrams leads a slate of candidates for statewide office hoping to flip control of Georgia's government.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Georgia Democrats see an opening in 2022's midterm elections

On this week's episode, we visit the Democratic Party of Georgia's convention in Columbus to hear Democrats' vision for November and beyond.

August 31, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
GOP and Democrats rally at events over the weekend.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Dems and GOP rally over the weekend; Student loans debate; Sandra Deal's memorial

Monday on Political Rewind: President Biden's decision to forgive student loan debt sparked a backlash from conservatives and enjoyed wide support from his base. Plus, state Democrats rally at a convention in Columbus while Gov. Kemp headlines a GOP fish fry in Perry. And we talk of the legacy of former first lady Sandra Deal.

August 29, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Police body camera recordings show interactions between Columbus police officers and Muscogee County Sheriff’s deputies during a conflict over booking prisoners at the jail in July 2022.

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  • News

Columbus police chief and sheriff sparred over jail operations before July standoff, emails show

On July 16, a dispute sparked a standoff between Columbus police officers and county deputies at the Muscogee County Jail. But the city police department and county sheriff’s office disagreed over crime suppression details long before that.

August 25, 2022
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  • Tim Chitwood
April Ross is the owner of BeeTV in LaGrange, Ga.

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  • News

Pivot Fund boosts media companies run by people of color

It’s rare these days to learn of news organizations expanding. That's especially true of small media companies that primarily serve Black and Hispanic communities. But in an effort to combat disinformation and connect underserved communities, the Pivot Fund announced last month that it’s giving out $2 million in its first round of grants to organizations throughout Georgia.

August 15, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
A screenshot of an image from AFB International’s website.

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  • Business

Pet food ingredient manufacturer to invest $79M in new Columbus facility

A pet food ingredient manufacturer will invest more than $79 million in a new Columbus facility and create more than 100 jobs in the next five years.

August 05, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Diane Derzis, owner of the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., pauses as she gathers her thoughts at a news conference on her reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Friday, June 24, 2022. Derzis also owns a clinic in Columbus, Ga.

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  • Health

In Columbus, an abortion clinic is in high demand from other states with no access

Diane Derzis thought she was prepared for Roe v. Wade, and the constitutional right to an abortion, to be overturned. At clinics she owns across the South, she had, in fact, been preparing for months. 

“Then you get there and it’s like ‘Oh my God,’” Derzis said. 

June 28, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Anti-choice protesters outside a Macon clinic then slated to become an abortion provider in 2018. The protesters won, leaving the closest abortion provider two hours away in Columbus.

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  • Health

In Macon, maternal health experts see differing implications post Roe

The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade came during a symposium of maternal health experts on Mercer’s Macon Campus. Reactions by attendees were mixed. 

June 24, 2022
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Grant Blankenship
School safety conference

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  • Education

Shootings hot topic in Columbus during state’s school safety conference

The conference hosted by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has been held every year since 2009, offering a chance to share knowledge on matters ranging from bullying prevention and emergency weather preparation to gang activity, student drug use and mass shootings.

June 24, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Candidate Chris West

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  • Elections

An upset: Chris West defeats Jeremy Hunt in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District runoff

Hunt, 28, finished first in May’s primary with 37% of the total ballots cast and was the favored candidate of several national Republican politicians, carrying endorsements from U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri, former U.N ambassador and S.C. governor Nikki Haley as well as GOP operative Karl Rove.

June 22, 2022
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By:
  • Nick Wooten
Posing for pictures by the Black Lives Matter themed art around the base of a Confederate monument on Cotton Avenue in Macon in the summer of 2020. The statue is one of two soon to be moved from downtown Macon.

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  • History

Two of Macon's Confederate monuments begin moving this week

A pair of monuments to the Confederacy in downtown Macon will be moved starting Wednesday morning.  

June 21, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Rendering of historic homes

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  • History

A $2M project could bring 5 historic homes to downtown Columbus

The five homes were donated to Historic Columbus, and three of them previously belonged to Historic Westville, a living history museum that relocated from Lumpkin to Columbus a few years ago.

June 21, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
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