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Columbus, Georgia is located in Muscogee County. Zip codes in Columbus, GA include 31917, 31993, and 31907. The median home price in Columbus is $134,000 which is roughly $59/per square foot. More Columbus information.

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2 hrs ago | Ledger-Enquirer.com

Indians' Huff designated

Huff was called up from Columbus on May 13. In three appearances this season, he allowed five runs over three innings.

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6 hrs ago | Ledger-Enquirer.com

Richard Hyatt: Brazen enough to meet The Duke

Someone recovered enough to suggest we forsake the heat and go inside where the air conditioner was running full speed.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Baby Bear Day Care grows into south Columbus

"We're looking for mid-June at this point," said Milton Hodges, co-owner and director of Baby Bear, of the new center's opening at 2039 Torch Hill Road in Torch Hill Plaza .

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Long-shot vision becomes visible, tangible reality

Truth be told, there have to have been times over the years when even the most passionate and committed champions of the Columbus whitewater project privately conceded that it just wasn't going to happen.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Columbus unemployment rate slides to 7.9 percent in April; city is No. 45 in development rankings

The city’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.4 percent March to 7.9 percent in April, its lowest level since 7.7 percent in December 2008.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Historic District fires: Reward offered for information leading to arrests

Officials are offering up to a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the Historic District vehicle fires last weekend, Mayor Teresa Tomlinson said.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Top award for Muscogee County middle school student announced

Veterans Memorial Middle School eighth-grader Cameron Chandler is the 2013 winner of the T. Hiram Stanley Award, considered the most prestigious honor a Muscogee County School District middle school student can receive.

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Silver City Sun-News

Reunions

The Second Division Association is searching for anyone who ever served in the Army's 2nd Infantry Division at any time.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Chattahoochee Chatter: Nothing like wearing white to a funeral

Robert Wadkins, Muscogee County's chief public defender, appeared before Columbus Council Tuesday morning to appeal the budget cuts his department is being asked to make.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Fifty Years Ago Today, May 23, 1963

An estimated 26,300 city voters will be eligible to cast ballots in a special election June 5, to decide if Columbus will change from a five to a seven-man commission, including an elected mayor.

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OregonLive.com

CCC Softball Official Chosen to Work NAIA Final Site

Don Thompson is set to join a long list of CCC softball officials chosen to work the NAIA softball championships final site Thompson will travel to Columbus Georgia for the 2013 NAIA Softball Championships being held May 24-30. A resident of Salem, Thompson has been officiating collegiate softball for the past 10 years with this being his first ... (more)

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Aflac shuffles executives; Dan Amos and Kriss Cloninger to remain at least until age 70

Aflac said Wednesday it is shuffling key management positions and duties to strengthen the company, with the moves obviously setting up an eventual succession plan.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

'Austerity' education is bad policy

I need to hear more about the deliberations within the superintendent's cabinet that led to support for closing schools knowing it means larger class sizes.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Small Business Week culminates with boot camp, networking breakfast and awards

Small Business Week in Columbus continues Wednesday with “boot camp” sessions on contracting and social media, with the half-day event taking place at Columbus State University’s Cunningham Center, 3100 Gentian Blvd.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Councilor Gary Allen restores some fire department budget cuts

Faced with the possibility of laying off firefighters to meet proposed budget cuts, Columbus Councilor Gary Allen restored about $700,000 in Columbus Department of Fire and Emergency Services funding for fiscal 2014, temporarily at least.

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www.cbsnews.com | Jim R Pickens

Officials on Benghazi: "We made mistakes, but without malice"

"We're portrayed by Republicans as either being lying or idiots," said one Obama administration official who was part of the Benghazi response. "It's actually closer to us being idiots."

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Publicist: Major motion picture 'Need for Speed' will film in Columbus in June

DreamWorks Studios movie "Need for Speed" will film scenes in Columbus during the first week of June, a publicist for the movie confirmed today.

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Ledger-Enquirer.com

Three-day motions hearing in Heath Jackson capital case now set for one day: Friday

Another round of pre-trial hearings on multiple defense motions was to begin Monday in Columbus’ death-penalty murder case against Ricardo Strozier, the alleged burglar accused of killing disc jockey David Heath Jackson on Sept.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Ledger-Enquirer.com

Run for the Heroes passes campaign goal days before it begins

This year's Run for the Heroes does not begin until Wednesday, but its fundraising goal of $100,000 has already been passed.

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www.politico.com | Jim R Pickens

The White House's shifting IRS account

The White House on Monday once again added to the list of people who knew about the IRS investigation into its targeting of conservative groups - saying White House chief of staff Denis McDonough had been informed about a month ago.

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