Testy exchanges over immigration cases highlight growing confrontations between judges and DOJ
A federal judge clashed Tuesday with Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor during an unusual contempt hearing that highlighted growing confrontations between increasingly frustrated judges and Department of Justice officials.
Funds secured for Alva Temple museum at airport
The Columbus-Lowndes Airport landed a grant to add a museum honoring Alva Temple and the Tuskegee Airmen to its terminal, but it will not be as much money as the city and county had hoped.
Police search for armed man accused of domestic violence
Police are searching for a man accused of strangling his girlfriend and threatening her with a weapon during a domestic dispute.
Lowndes Community Foundation endowment tops $600K
Last year, staff with the Good Samaritan Health Clinic were writing prescriptions and patient files entirely on paper rather than recording them electronically.
Residents, aldermen question lack of sewer in 1998 annexed territories
Frustration over the lack of sewer service in areas annexed into the city nearly three decades ago surfaced Tuesday during the Board of Aldermen’s regular meeting at City Hall.
Main Street Columbus kicks off spring season Friday with Open House
Downtown is preparing once again to welcome shoppers for Spring Open House, set for this weekend.
A canceled Kennedy Center debut, a Carnegie Hall stage and De Niro reading ‘Lincoln’
Robert De Niro will appear this week at Carnegie Hall, where he will recite excerpts from a Philip Glass symphony about Abraham Lincoln that the composer once intended to stage at the Kennedy Center.
Profile: Birdwatching: Pokémon in the real world
On Saturday, Rosy Davis led a group of more than 20 on a birdwatching adventure at Plymouth Bluff, part of a Birding 101 course sponsored by the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library.
Savannah Guthrie returns to her mother’s home in first sighting there since disappearance
“Today” show host Savannah Guthrie and her sister returned to their mother’s home outside Tucson on Monday in their first sighting at the house since Nancy Guthrie went missing a month ago.
National Guard deployment in New Orleans extended for six months
The Louisiana National Guard announced Monday that 120 troops will remain deployed in New Orleans through August.
Education briefs for 3-3-26
CCA recognizes Jones for years of leadership COLUMBUS – Columbus Christian Academy recently recognized Norma Jones as the first Black woman to serve as Interim
Federal court rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process
A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.
Hegseth insists the Iran conflict is ‘not endless’ while warning more casualties are likely
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Monday to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless,” even as he warned that more American casualties are likely in the weeks ahead.
After a storied civil rights career, Jesse Jackson headed home to South Carolina to lie in state
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. never stopped fighting for civil rights around the world. This includes South Carolina, the state where he was born and raised, and where he first experienced state-sanctioned racial discrimination.
CMS student who loves ‘conquering challenges’ wins statewide poetry honors
Writing poetry might be low on the list of hobbies for most seventh-graders, but not for Edwar Mendoza.
Marble marker will honor Black WWI soldiers at courthouse
In roughly eight more weeks, the county will finally correct a more than 90-year-old error to the World War I monument sitting on the courthouse lawn.
Gunman was not on the FBI’s radar before he opened fire on a crowded Texas bar, authorities say
The gunman who opened fire outside a crowded Texas bar and killed two people in an attack that wounded 14 others was not on the radar of authorities before the shooting, federal and local investigators said Monday.
Russia condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as ‘unprovoked act of armed aggression’
Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,” demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy.
Oil prices leap on worries about Iran war, while US stocks trim their sharp losses
Oil prices are leaping Monday with worries that the Iran war will clog the global flow of crude and make inflation even worse. U.S. stocks, meanwhile, are swinging between sharp losses and a tiny gain.
Nearly 4 inches of rain dump on area Sunday morning
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