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The latest Columbus news: city council, schools, police and fire, development and business, each story linked to the record it came from.
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River Road trail link to RiverWalk goes out to bid
Columbus 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.
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City hall
Uptown Columbus curfew for minors now runs to Sept. 30, 2027
Unsupervised 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.
Columbus State University
Columbus State names military history institute for Moores
Columbus 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.
Roads
Cherokee Avenue lane to close for a month from Monday
The 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.
Police
Columbus police log 630 shoplifting reports this year
Columbus 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.
City hall
Columbus Council to vote on new METRA transit director
City Manager Tyson Begly wants Everett Fleming, METRA's interim director since December, to run the bus system. Columbus Council votes Tuesday, Oct. 13.
Jobs
Muscogee County unemployment 4.2%, down from a year ago
Muscogee 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%.