https://fountaincitynews.com/Local news for Columbus, Georgia: city hall, schools, police and fire, real estate, high school sports and things to do across Muscogee County.en-GBSat, 17 Oct 2026 14:02:50 +0000https://fountaincitynews.com/callaway-fantasy-in-lights/https://fountaincitynews.com/callaway-fantasy-in-lights/Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnCallaway Gardens' Fantasy In Lights runs Nov. 13 to Jan. 3: a 7-mile drive past 18 light scenes, trolley rides, Santa, tickets by time slot and Run Callaway.https://fountaincitynews.com/dragonfly-trail-river-road-segment/https://fountaincitynews.com/dragonfly-trail-river-road-segment/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsColumbus wants a builder for a 10-foot Dragonfly Trail link and footbridge from near Cascade Road to the RiverWalk at Lake Oliver Road. Bids are due Oct. 21.https://fountaincitynews.com/uptown-columbus-youth-curfew/https://fountaincitynews.com/uptown-columbus-youth-curfew/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsUnsupervised minors must be off Uptown streets 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. for another year. The hours, the blocks covered, the exceptions and what parents can be fined.https://fountaincitynews.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/https://fountaincitynews.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnColumbus this weekend, Oct. 16 to 18: free Rock the Lawn at the Civic Center, Covenant opens at the Springer, and Spooktacular at Lake Bottom Park.https://fountaincitynews.com/columbus-state-moore-institute-military-history/https://fountaincitynews.com/columbus-state-moore-institute-military-history/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsColumbus State University has a new military history institute named for Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and Julia Moore. Regents approved the name Oct. 7; a launch is Nov. 11.https://fountaincitynews.com/cherokee-avenue-lane-closure-weracoba-creek/https://fountaincitynews.com/cherokee-avenue-lane-closure-weracoba-creek/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe outside southbound lane of Cherokee Avenue near Cherokee Drive closes Monday, Oct. 12, for about a month while the city repairs a retaining wall by Weracoba Creek.https://fountaincitynews.com/nutcracker/https://fountaincitynews.com/nutcracker/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Columbus Ballet's Nutcracker plays the RiverCenter Dec. 12-13 with a live orchestra; Frozen runs at the Springer Nov. 28 to Dec. 20. Times and parking.https://fountaincitynews.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/https://fountaincitynews.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnColumbus arts, Oct. 16 to Nov. 27: We Are Carver at The Columbus Museum, Covenant at the Springer, the Marine Band, Kristin Chenoweth and the symphony.https://fountaincitynews.com/columbus-police-shoplifting-initiative/https://fountaincitynews.com/columbus-police-shoplifting-initiative/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsColumbus police have taken about 630 shoplifting reports in 2026. A team set up in June has cleared 63 of its 152 cases and arrested 37 people before the holidays.https://fountaincitynews.com/metra-transit-director-everett-fleming/https://fountaincitynews.com/metra-transit-director-everett-fleming/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCity Manager Tyson Begly wants Everett Fleming, METRA's interim director since December, to run the bus system. Columbus Council votes Tuesday, Oct. 13.https://fountaincitynews.com/muscogee-county-unemployment-august-2026/https://fountaincitynews.com/muscogee-county-unemployment-august-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMuscogee County's jobless rate was 4.2% in August, down from 4.4% a year earlier, with 1,627 more people working. It is still above Georgia's 3.4%.