Chattahoochee County News

Jasmine Steen has signed a track and field scholarship with Brenau University. Pictured, from left, on the bottom row are Wanda Marvin , Jasmine Steen, coach Richard Ludwig and coach Janele Deloatch; on the top row are coach Chad Martin, superintendent James Martin, athletics director Russell Morgan, coach John Pitts and principal Jim Sims.

Last Thursday night, Step One of the Fountain City Poetry Slam adventure going to the national Brave New World competitions was accomplished.

Indoors: Columbus Brass, 1:30 p.m., “The Sailor’s Life,” 2:30 p.m.; “Words and War,” 3:30 p.m. Outdoors: Water Witch and Dock, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Grounds, 7-inch Brooke rifle firing, 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.; cutlass drill, 2 p.m.; landing and naval weapons firing, 3 p.m. Outdoors: Water Witch and Dock, 12:30-4 p.m. Grounds, ... (more)

A jury found a 20-year-old man not guilty of armed robbery Wednesday after he testified he went to Columbus' Liberty Garden Townhomes in 2010 to sell marijuana to customers who then tried to rob him, rather than the other way around.

There's a jewel of a museum in downtown Columbus that most of you probably don't know exists, and it's free.