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Columbus recycles only about 4 percent of its refuse. That's a paltry amount compared to a lot of communities, but Columbus doesn't make people recycle, and doesn't always make it easy for those who do.

Obama says we can't afford to heat our troops' slop. But it is okay for Queen Michelle to stay in a $3,300 super fancy Dublin hotel suite.

When insurance executives at Aflac sought employees for plum assignments last year, they abandoned the traditional resumes and job interview routine.

The Ledger-Enquirer is looking for Columbus or Phenix City parents enrolling their children into tutoring programs this summer.

Many are living to paycheck to paycheck, taking on too much debt and facing the daunting prospect of relying primarily on Social Security benefits in their so-called golden years.

Meredith Crawley, Miss Lake Lanier, and Kristy Miller, Miss Cherokee Rose, cross the finish line of the 2013 Miss Georgia 5K Pajama Run Saturday in downtown Columbus.

Columbus police are investigating the report of three cars on Front Street being broken into and items taken during the Army Birthday Ball at the Columbus Convention and Trade Center.

Preliminary work is already underway on the West Point Dam project, which will cost approximately $55 million, Virginia L. Kauble, technical liaison officer with the Corps of Engineers, said Wednesday.

Investigators have determined no one tampered with Columbus fire department records related to a 2010 home day care fire that killed one child and injured three others, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Wayne Smith.

The music was loud and the aroma from barbecue grills was strong Saturday as a smaller-than-expected crowd gathered at Cooper Creek Park for the 27th Annual Family Day in the Park."

A body found in a CVS parking lot in Columbus, Ga. may be that of 17-year-old Steven Bradley Foster of Alabaster, according to WBRC Fox 6 .

Mayor Teresa Tomlinson and Columbus Council meet for a work session at 9 a.m. Tuesday on the plaza level of the Government Center.

No one was injured Friday after shots were fired into a unit at Booker T. Washington Apartments, Columbus police said.

A man accused of firing shots at another on Terminal Court Friday faces a reckless conduct charge in the shooting, Columbus police said.

Short-lived but destructive tornadic winds raked a portion of Russell County in the Yuchi Reservation area early last night.

A weakening dollar against the yen appears to be adding up to a price surge in shares of Aflac stock.

The National Association of Counties chose Columbus parks and rec department’s Scientific Learning Involving Magnificent Experiments program for its 2013 NACo Achievement Award.

The decomposed body of a 17-year-old found Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a Columbus, Ga., CVS Pharmacy has been identified as that of an Alabaster teen.

A man who barricaded himself inside the Motel 6 on Victory Drive after Muscogee County Sheriff’s Deputies tried to arrest him ended the standoff shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, authorities said.

Remember this from last month? On the heels of the revelation that the Department of Justice had been snooping on James Rosen's e-mails because of his attempt to gain classified information on the administration's efforts on North Korea from a leaker, Sharyl Attkisson told Chris Stigall on his radio show that her computer had been mysteriously ... (more)