A Northside fire Saturday destroyed a home and claimed the life of the resident’s dog. Columbus Fire and Rescue Chief Duane Hughes said firefighters responded at about 7:20 p.m. to the 1600 ...

Shots rang out Saturday night on Southside for the second time in six days. Luckily this time, there were no injuries reported. Police responded at about 7:30 p.m. to the 1700 block of Bell Avenue ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 through January 1812, which was when a horse from John Pitchlynn’s at Plymouth Bluff suddenly stumbled, fell and died.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A fired police chief in Alabama says a city report deliberately ruined his reputation with allegations of unlawful excessive force and discrimination by officers, and has ...

Who besides me is going to miss seasonal lights in the garden? And do we really have to take them down, or can we justify them somehow all year? I buy into the wisdom of Russian playwright Anton ...

COLUMBUS – The W has had four individuals – Hannah Duran, Madyson McBrayer, Jamya Fondren, and Bailee Schmitt – honored on the 2024-25 Academic All-District® Volleyball Team, it has been ...

I usually love to write, but I find it a miserable task to write in the guest book of a funeral home about someone I was close to and admired greatly. My best friend from my days at S.D. Lee High ...

I’m always on the lookout for new plants to enhance my landscape, and one of the challenges I face is finding something that blooms during winter and early spring. Last year while visiting the ...

“No sir, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t,” I said. “Well, then I’d get tired of hearing you talk about it and find some way to cut off the opportunity and there you’d be,” he said with ...

Beth Kander’s recipe for a national bestseller includes a monster from Jewish folklore and a dash of spice. Her debut novel “I Made It out of Clay” hit the USA Today Booklist, which tracks ...

In 2024, we said goodbye to those whose lives were distinguished by service to their communities. We note the passing of local government officials, including two former councilmen, an alderman ...

Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the ...