Columbus, GA Local News, Events, and Information

Columbus Thu. Dec 23 2021

DEFUND PRIVATIZATION: Justice Department Announces Global Resolution of Criminal and Civil Investigations with Privatized Military Housing Contractor

Balfour Beatty Communities Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay Over $65 Million in Fines and Restitution for Fraud Scheme

Columbus Thu. Dec 23 2021

Justice Department Awards Almost $141 Million to Protect Children

Awards to help law enforcement, child advocates and service providers means to protect children from abuse and sexual exploitation

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Justice Department Awards Almost $141 Million to Protect Children

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Columbus Thu. Dec 23 2021

Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Nationwide Tax Fraud Scheme

Caused More Than $25 Million in False Tax Refund Claims to be Filed

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Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Nationwide Tax Fraud Scheme

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Columbus Weather

Monday January 24

Clear throughout the day.

High: 61°

Low: 29°

Wind: 3 mph WSW

Chance of precipitation: 3%

Columbus Thu. Dec 23 2021

Justice Department Awards More Than $110 Million to Support Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

The DOJ Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today announced awards totaling more than $110.7 million to reduce recidivism and to support returning citizens after confinement

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Justice Department Awards More Than $110 Million to Support Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

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S RENEE GREENE Columbus News Tip - Thu. Jan 13 2022

Count 'em ... 168 Gangs in Columbus?!
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Funny Paper: Did You Know Adam West aka Wayne, Bruce aka ' BATMAN ' was from Ketchum, ID?
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Chattahoochee Riverkeepers: SWEEP THE HOOCH - Sat Mar 26 7:30 am
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Hope Santa Made It Out Before He Caught the Vaccine Mandate...or his last batch of Ol' Redeye
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“The Culture Tour” in 2022! - Wed Feb 16 7:00 pm
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S RENEE GREENE Columbus News Tip - Wed. Dec 15 2021

Dearest Peoples: 'Reverend' and 'Reverent' are -Not- the Same Thing (A Lesson in Adverbs vs Nouns)
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S RENEE GREENE Columbus News Tip - Wed. Dec 15 2021

Don't Get It Twisted ... COVID (Coronavirus) is More than a Decade Old and actually originated in the Middle East
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S RENEE GREENE Columbus News Tip - Wed. Dec 15 2021

'The Conservative Action Report' Needs A Clear and Educated Definition of the Meaning of Marxism
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Columbus Thu. Dec 23 2021

Department of Justice Awards More Than $300 Million to Fight Opioid and Stimulant Crisis

... and to Address Substance Use Disorders...

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Department of Justice Awards More Than $300 Million to Fight Opioid and Stimulant Crisis

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Muscogee County COVID-19 Statistics

Columbus and Muscogee County COVID-19 Coverage and Statistics

Currently a 36.5% positive test rate in a county with a population of 195,769

185.5 cases per 100,000

1.12 infection rate

689 deaths

Columbus event

Thu Dec 23 2:15 pm

Alpha Lambda Psi: Working Women's Closet

Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Lambda Psi Military Spouses Sorority, Inc.

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Alpha Lambda Psi: Working Women's Closet

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Columbus Wed. Dec 22 2021

DOJ Announces Continued Home Confinement Orders for Federal Prisoners

In light of the ongoing COVID variant crises, Justice Department has Reversed an Earlier Decision to Return Certain Federal Prisoners Back to their Cells

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DOJ Announces Continued Home Confinement Orders for Federal Prisoners

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Columbus Wed. Dec 22 2021

Critical Needs Areas Short as Nurses, Teachers, Police Officers and Others Make Plans to Leave Their Jobs Soon

Parents need to get re-accustomed to home-schooling, home-nursing, community policing ... just like back in the day ... and it looks like a 'Mass Exodus' is coming soon

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Critical Needs Areas Short as Nurses, Teachers, Police Officers and Others Make Plans to Leave Their Jobs Soon

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Columbus Wed. Dec 22 2021

Stacey Abrams Talks Affordable Housing and Medicaid Expansion in Bid for Governor of Georgia

What advisors tell her she should discuss during this Campaign Season is entirely different from the way Georgia looks right now

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Stacey Abrams Talks Affordable Housing and Medicaid Expansion in Bid for Governor of Georgia

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Columbus Tue. Dec 21 2021

Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19

Reporting From the FDA: Food & Drug Administration

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Why You Should Not Use Ivermectin to Treat or Prevent COVID-19

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Columbus Tue. Dec 21 2021

Justice Department and CFPB Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights

Letters Remind Landlords/Mortgage Servicers to Adhere to the CARES Act and Legal Requirements under the SCRA

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Justice Department and CFPB Put Landlords and Mortgage Servicers on Notice About Servicemembers’ and Veterans’ Rights

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Columbus Tue. Dec 21 2021

Justice Department Will Award $1.6 Billion to Reduce Violent Crime and Strengthen Communities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE _ Dept of Justice Office of Public Affairs

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Justice Department Will Award $1.6 Billion to Reduce Violent Crime and Strengthen Communities

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