http://www.yourstreet.com/news/columbus-ga YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us The Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, which does not include Columbus, will elect a new bishop at a special convention Saturday in Tifton. The current bishop, the Rt. Rev. Henry Louttit, is retiring. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6721113/episcopal-diocese-of-georgia-to-elect-new-bishop Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:40:08 -0700 Among the big winners in a straw poll conducted during the Republican Women of Muscogee County annual dinner Tuesday at Columbus' Cunningham Center were Karen Handel, Seth Harp, Kip Smith and Josh McKoon. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6721109/handel,-harp,-smith,-mckoon-tops-in-county-gop-women-s-straw-poll Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:52:08 -0700 Army Private Allen Foster has been graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Georgia. The son of Dennis Foster and Debby Foster of St. Ignace, he is a 2008 graduate of LaSalle High School. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6698976/foster-completes-infantry-training Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:51:08 -0700 Former Georgia state Sen. Pete Robinson of Columbus is facing brain surgery on Friday to remove a tumor that doctors believe to be benign. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6606993/attorney-pete-robinson-diagnosed-with-brain-tumor,-surgery-scheduled-friday Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:26:08 -0700 For the first time in its 54-year history, Columbus, Ga.-based supplemental insurance company Aflac has acquired another insurance company. Aflac announced late Wednesday afternoon that it will purchase privately owned Continental American Insurance Company of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6442728/aflac-buys-columbia-s-continental-american-for-100m Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:43:08 -0700 Columbus, Ga.-based Flournay Development has sold the Terraces at Forest Springs apartment complex for $22.9 million. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6434775/terraces-at-forest-springs-sold-for-22-9m Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:55:08 -0700 COLUMBUS - Stratford graduate and University of Georgia standout Russell Henley stormed into the lead at the Georgia Amateur Championship with a tournament-best round of 6-under-par 65 on Friday at the Country Club of Columbus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6321171/macon-s-henley-storms-to-lead-at-georgia-amateur Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:19:08 -0700 COLUMBUS -- A Georgia produce company is recalling peppers shipped to stores in Ohio and two other states because of possible salmonella contamination. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6317356/peppers-recalled-in-ohio-because-of-salmonella-concerns Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:47:08 -0700 LI Army Pvt. Casey Geurts graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consisted of Basic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training. He is the son of Paul and Mary Jo Geurts of Green Bay. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6273929/military-honors Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:00:08 -0700 Army Pvt. Sean E. Frazer has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of Ba-sic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training.During the nine weeks of basic combat training, the http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6275355/soldiers-with-local-ties-receive-recognition,-visit-d-day-battlefield Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:59:08 -0700 COLUMBUS, Ga. — About 4,900 Jehovah's Witnesses from west Georgia, east Alabama and north Florida are meeting in Columbus this weekend. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6271277/jehovah-s-witnesses-convene-in-columbus Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:01:08 -0700 LI Army Reserve Pvt. Andrew Wachowski graduated from basic infantry training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. He is the son of Dawn Thiry of Green Bay and graduated in 2008 from a high school program at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Green Bay. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6255909/spotlight Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:00:08 -0700 We ran into these real housewives from Columbus, Georgia, who are visiting Coconut Grove this weekend. They are staying at a Grove hotel and spending all weekend shopping, dining and unwinding. They were at lunch yesterday at Greenstreets, and enjoyed the best Bloody... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6222335/georgia-peaches-visiting-the-big-orange Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:10:08 -0700 COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Officials say low cabin pressure forced a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago to Fort Myers, Fla., to make and emergency landing in Columbus, Ga.Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins says 122 people were onboard Flight 1040 Sunday afternoon.He... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6131147/southwest-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-georgia Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:18:41 -0700 NCR is accepting applications Saturday, June 13th for its new manufacturing plant in Columbus, Georgia. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6120882/new-jobs-coming-to-the-metro-atlanta-area Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:53:08 -0700 COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A northwest Georgia man has been charged with killing his pregnant wife and his two young children with a bush-ax 24 years ago in a case a detective never gave up trying to solve, authorities said Wednesday.Michael Curry, 51, of Dalton, was... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5944840/man-charged-in-1985-killings-of-wife-and-children Thu, 21 May 2009 06:14:38 -0700 Columbus, Ga. — A Georgia man has been charged in the ax killings of his pregnant wife and two small children 25 years ago in Columbus. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5936775/man-charged-in-1985-death-of-wife,-children Wed, 20 May 2009 10:24:08 -0700 COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — A former bank executive in west Georgia has pleaded not guilty to a federal bank fraud charge.Gail Baker Page, who served as vice president of Columbus Bank and Trust Co., entered the plea Monday in U.S. District Court.Federal authorities... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5767951/ex-vice-president-at-columbus-bank-indicted Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:55:08 -0700 Touching a fish. Swimming confidently in a lake. Learning how to canoe. Those are just some of Claire Tate's memories from summer camp while growing up in rural Columbus, Ga. Today she heads a Charlotte nonprofit that finds safe, enriching ways for Charlotte-area... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5747963/working-to-give-kids-a-summer-of-discovery Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:42:08 -0700 ATLANTA — Cody Ross and his Florida Marlins teammates aren’t shocked to have the best record in the majors. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5682008/braves-get-swept-by-marlins Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:08:00 -0700