Columbus officials are hoping a new Georgia law that went into effect July 1 will help curb the number of evictions in the city caused by unresolved repair issues. The law, created by the adoption of House Bill 346, means that tenants who seek repairs to their housing can be legally protected from retaliation by their…
For two decades the county has worked under Justice Department supervision to correct a multitude of issues threatening the health, safety and security of those housed in the Muscogee County Jail. Now that oversight has come to an end. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Owners of Ralston Towers apartment complex have 60 days to comply with federal regulations before they are in danger of losing the funding that helps around 200 low-income residents pay their rent. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Public safety officials were concerned, Ross Horner said, that people were using the life jackets to swim in the rapids, which is prohibited, and that the life jackets aren’t designed to be used in whitewater. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Tina Peavey of Columbus has erected a life jacket station at Waveshaper Island along the Riverwalk in downtown Columbus to help prevent a drowning like the one that killed a 6-year-old boy June 30, 2019, in the Chattahoochee. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Three years ago, one of the behavior specialists employed by MBS, who was contracted to work in the school district, allegedly body-slammed Montravious five times at an alternative school for students with severe discipline violations. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Columbus has been the state’s largest metro area without a four-year medical school program, and southwest Georgia — especially the rural parts of the region — has a critical deficit of doctors. Friday, officials announced a plan to fill those needs. The Mercer University School of Medicine will expand its two-year Columbus program into a full-fledged campus. It is…
Columbus has averaged five drownings a year since 2014. Officials are aiming to have none at all. “We would certainly like to get that number down to zero,” Columbus Fire Marshal Ricky Shores said at a news conference intended to remind area residents of the risks they face on the Chattahoochee River and other waterways. Read…
They didn’t start out as computer science majors, but two students who caught on to coding and programming have developed a high-tech tool to help disabled students. Called ChemAid, the tool uses a smartphone app and QR codes to help visually impaired students be more independent in a chemistry lab. And its creators are hoping an investor…
Georgia medical marijuana advocates think it will be one to two years before the first batch of state-sanctioned THC oil is ready for patients. That means many patients who need the oil now still don’t have a legal way to get it in Georgia. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer