Cancer survivor brings free health fair to Columbus

Lowell Cliatt explained that his personal experience with cancer led to forming Tree of Life Healthcare and drove the organization’s desire to provide healthcare to the community at a “minimal as possible” cost. They operate on a sliding scale for payments and work with other partners in the community to help provide services at a…

Community talks of blessings even after emergency declared

After viewing storm damage of Harris and Talbot counties by helicopter Monday morning, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp did an on-the-ground tour of the damage caused by a tornado in Talbotton and declared a state of emergency for Harris, Talbot and Grady counties. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Muscogee school district has plan to improve special education

Twenty-one months after a split Muscogee County School Board rejected the superintendent’s controversial recommendation to hire a private, for-profit company to provide alternative-education services, the administration is presenting another proposal to improve how it serves students with special needs. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Gun-related deaths in Georgia since Parkland

From Feb. 14, 2018 — the day of the Parkland massacre that left 14 students and three adults dead — to Feb. 13, 2019, at least 51 people 18 or younger died in Georgia from gun-related injuries, according to a McClatchy newspaper analysis of data. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Volunteers helping the homeless in Columbus

As the temperatures began plunging Tuesday evening into sub-freezing territory, volunteers from Epworth United Church in Columbus staffed the kitchen and serving line, providing a meal of spaghetti, salad, bread and iced tea. It’s something they do monthly, and have done for years. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Couple escaping addiction build new life in Columbus

David, 32, is from Harris County. Megan, 30, is from upstate New York. They met in rehab, in Atlanta, in 2012, and fell in love. Their love lasted, but their rehab did not. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 

Columbus escapes brunt of hurricane’s wrath

It appears that Columbus escaped the worst of Hurricane Michael overnight as local public safety, public works and power officials survey the damage Thursday morning. But that doesn’t mean Columbus escaped all of the damage. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

‘An anomaly’: Football player’s cause of death reported

Pike County Coroner Terrell Moody’s report states that Dylan Thomas died from cardiac arrest due to a traumatic brain injury. The reports goes on to say that Thomas was in great physical shape and had no pre-existing medical conditions. Grady Hospital medical staff in Atlanta ruled that the nature of the injury was “an anomaly, requiring…

Fort Benning pushes back on lead poisoning report

Fort Benning officials and the private firm that manages the nearly 5,000 on-post residences have begun to push back in the wake of a damaging media report that put a spotlight on lead-based paint issues in the installation’s older homes and the health impact on children. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Immigration detainees cite ‘deplorable conditions’ at facility in lawsuit

Immigration detainees being held in the Stewart Detention Center in South Georgia have a filed a federal lawsuit against the for-profit company that operates the 2,000-bed facility, citing “deplorable conditions” inside the prison. Read the full article: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer