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Kid friendly Halloween events in and around the Chattahoochee Valley
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)— Several organizations and businesses in and around the Chattahoochee Valley are hosting Halloween events this month to allow children and families to enjoy festivities safely. View the following list for details about the Halloween events: Through October 31 Saturday, October 17 Saturday, October 24 Sunday, October 25 Friday, October 30 Saturday, October […]
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Linwood Cemetery is Columbus' oldest institution - and the Ramble celebrates its story
The oldest institution in Columbus isn’t a building or a structure. It’s Linwood Cemetery, established in 1828 — the same year as the birth of the city — after the son of the surveyor died during the work. Nearly 200 years later, the Historic Linwood Foundation continues to preserve this site. Its annual Linwood Ramble, an evening of food, music and guided walks through the grounds, will be Oct. 15, starting at 4 p.m., and this year’s theme is “ Secretive Symbols in Plain Sight.” Ahead of this year’s Ramble, the Ledger-Enquirer spoke with Elliott Waddell, president of the Board of Trustees for Historic Linwood Inc. We asked him about this year’s event and the history and importance of the cemetery, which he said includes “Academy Award winners, soldiers, [and] philanthropists” and many names integral to Columbus’ culture and community. Linwood’s story begins with the city’s first loss Surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas came to the falls of the Chattahoochee River in 1828 with his son, Truman. Truman died that March, and Thomas buried him on a bluff above the future town, citing the foundation’s history. That ground became the City Cemetery, and it took the name Linwood from a nearby
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Mail it early, or don't mail it: what Columbus voters need to know about ballot postmarks
A U.S. Postal Service rule has set off warnings nationwide that mailed ballots could get late postmarks and go uncounted. The rule, which took effect in December 2025 , says a postmark usually shows when a piece of mail is first machine-processed, which isn’t always the day it was mailed. USPS says the rule describes existing practice rather than changing it. For voters, it matters in states that count late-arriving ballots postmarked on time, and in Georgia, for military and overseas voters. Anyone can ask for a hand-stamped ballot, but for most Georgia voters, a hand stamp does nothing. The ballot must be in the elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day (Nov. 3 this year), and a same-day postmark doesn’t really make the mail move any faster. But it does matter for military and overseas voters, whose ballots count if they are postmarked by Election Day. For a stateside soldier at Fort Benning mailing on Election Day, a hand stamp can be the difference between counted and rejected. Georgia sets a receipt deadline, not a mailing deadline Elena Patel, from the nonpartisan think tank Brookings , posits that the USPS has said a postmark may reflect when a
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Montezuma announces citywide curfew ahead of homecoming weekend
MONTEZUMA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- The City of Montezuma is putting a citywide curfew in place during homecoming weekend later this month. Mayor Charles J. Ivey announced the curfew in a public safety notice dated October 12. The curfew will be in effect from midnight to 6 a.m. on Saturday, October 24,...
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Opelika Chamber honors local first responders at 2026 Valor Public Safety Awards
The Opelika Chamber of Commerce honored the men and women who serve and protect Opelika and Lee County during its annual Valor Public Safety Awards on October 9 at the Bottling Plant Event Center. The awards ceremony, presented in partnership with the City of Opelika, recognizes public safety professionals for...
WTVM
Jackson campaigns with Kemp in Columbus ahead of early voting
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Republican candidate for Georgia governor Rick Jackson brought his campaign to Columbus Monday, joined by Gov. Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp, one day before early voting begins. Jackson said he is running on Kemp’s endorsement. “I’m proud to have the endorsement of Governor...
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Columbus Council votes to put $1.7 million in downtown pickleball facility
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — The Columbus Council took another swing at funding for a new pickleball facility Tuesday morning. And it’s going to cost taxpayers more money. Columbus Council voted to spend an additional $1.7 million in public funds to build a new pickleball facility in the 1600 block of Third Avenue. That brings the […]
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Exhibition showing six years inside Carver's JROTC program opens at Columbus Museum
An exhibition of photography documenting six years of the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program at George Washington Carver High School in Columbus is now open. “Jessica Ingram: We Are Carver” opened Oct. 10 and runs through Feb. 14, 2027, at the Columbus Museum. “It’s just an incredible opportunity to show something that is highlighting something very important for our community, which is the importance of public education and also the military,” Marianne Richter, director of the Columbus Museum, told the Ledger-Enquirer. “These are students who chose to spend their years in high school in the junior ROTC, so it really, for us, was important.”
WTVM
Pike botched execution 911 transcript
A longtime Columbus restaurant has abruptly shut down as its parent company appears to have closed the entire chain nationwide. Del Taco has once again closed its locations in Columbus and Phenix City. Columbus police are on the scene of an accident involving a school bus. 24 Dogs rescued from...