AG opinion changes little on vice-mayor term limit

The state Attorney General office said the position of vice mayor in Columbus is a four-year term but declined to say a vote councilmen took in July to put councilman Gene Taylor in that post for one year was void.

CVB gets clean financial audit

The Columbus Lowndes Convention and Visitor's Bureau has received a clean audit on their finances from the 2012-13 fiscal year.

Club Rock injunction remains after hearing is continued

Club Rock will remain closed until at least late May after an Oktibbeha County Circuit Court Judge continued a public nuisance abatement against the nightclub's owner Larry Fair on Monday.

Unity Park group eyes January opening

Unity Park committee members hope to unveil a redesigned public green space on Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- Jan. 19, 2015 -- that provides more acknowledgements to local and state-level civil rights pioneers.

Local voices: Alison Buehler

I just got back from an incredible weekend in Meridian. Go Green Meridian, a chapter of Gaining Ground.

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