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It was a history lesson like no other. Standing at the podium at LaGrange College, Hank Thomas recalled the struggles of the 1960 Civil Rights Movement and the role he played as one of the 13 original

David Nichol paid $500 for 13,000 plastic balls for the ball pit he built in his dorm room.

An Auburn grandmother lives in the Morgan Hills neighborhood just off Ogletree Road in Auburn, it’s a quiet area, considered very safe full of families and neighbors who know one another. Tuesday around lunch, Ms. Barbara heard

Prosecutors have decided to drop the RICO Act violation charges against the defendants accused in the 2011 murder of a Columbus businessman.

Brad Knudson posted a video on YouTube telling the story of his African-American daughter who he says was being bullied with racist messages via Snapchat. 

The Auburn Police Division has arrested three men after a traffic stop led to the discovery of stolen property. Auburn Police responded to the 800 block of Oakdale Drive in reference to a complaint of a suspicious

Murder suspect, Bernard Gibson appeared in Recorder’s court Thursday morning for aggravated assault and murder charges.Gibson is accused of the Calvin Avenue shooting that killed Gerald Hightower Jr. on Jan. 7.

There will be a 30th Annual Black History Breakfast on Monday February 16 starting at 7 a.m.The guest speaker for the breakfast will be the president of the Morehouse School of Medicine, Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice.

Two colleges are partnering up to enter into a reverse transfer agreement. Chattahoochee Valley Community and Troy University will sign a reverse transfer agreement during a brief ceremony on Tuesday Jan. 27.

Citizens of Phenix City will gather to hear from the Mayor Eddie Lowe as he delivers the State of the City Address. News Leader 9’s Jenyne Donaldson was live from the central activities center where the speech