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Despite falling short of collections during the 2022 holiday season, the Columbus and Starkville Salvation Army chapters begin their Red Kettle campaigns on Friday and aim to collect a combined $175,000 this year.

Rebecca Auborn, 33, is accused of purposefully causing four people to fatally overdose and attempting to cause another person to fatally overdose.

The speakership race enters its ‘Mad Max’ era.

Construction is about to begin on a $1.4 million project to convert the former Starkville Korean Church on Lafayette Street into two separate business spaces.

A shotgun-and-pistol-packing Columbus man is behind bars after allegedly shooting a gun in the city limits and then assaulting an officer, according to a press release from the Columbus Police Department.

A “For Sale” sign posted this week on an acre lot at the corner of Main and Fourth Street North represents the prospect of a prime piece of downtown property changing hands.

Brainerd fares to rise Aug. 21 to $3 for regular rides and $6 for same-day service. Crow Wing County reduces service to only serve Pequot Lakes and Crosby.

City residents are looking at a garbage collection price increase of anywhere from about $1.50 to roughly $8, according to figures being weighed by Columbus City Council.

For the second time, a Franklin County jury could not decide whether to convict a man of kidnapping Mohamed Hassan Adam, a slain Columbus imam

For the second time, a Franklin County jury could not decide whether to convict a man of kidnapping Mohamed Hassan Adam, a slain Columbus imam