The Columbus Cottonmouths were three separate professional ice hockey teams based in Columbus,Georgia. The team is nicknamed the Snakes and played their home games at the Columbus Civic Center. In 2017,the third franchise suspended operations after failing to find a new owner.
Robert Stephen Poydasheff was an American attorney and politician who served one term as mayor of Columbus,Georgia,from 2003 to 2007. A retired military officer,he served in the United States Army for twenty-four years,retiring at the rank of colonel.
Columbus Airport is four miles northeast of Columbus,in Muscogee County,Georgia,United States. The airport covers 680 acres and has two intersecting runways. Serving Georgia's second largest city,it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport.
The Ledger-Enquirer is a newspaper headquartered in downtown Columbus,Georgia,in the United States. It was founded in 1828 as the Columbus Enquirer by Mirabeau B. Lamar who later played a pivotal role in the founding of the Republic of Texas and served as its third President. The newspaper is a two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
WGBP-TV is a television station licensed to Opelika,Alabama,United States,affiliated with Merit Street Media. Owned by CNZ Communications,the station broadcasts from a two-site distributed transmission system,with transmitters at Cusseta and Warm Springs,Georgia.
WRBL is a television station in Columbus,Georgia,United States,affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. Its studios are located on 13th Avenue in Columbus,and its transmitter is located in Cusseta.
WLTZ is a television station in Columbus,Georgia,United States,affiliated with NBC and The CW Plus. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting,which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television,owner of ABC affiliate WTVM,for the provision of certain services. Gray also operates Fox affiliate WXTX under a separate SSA with owner American Spirit Media. WLTZ's studios and transmitter are located on NBC 38 Drive off Buena Vista Road on the east side of the city. Master control and most internal operations are based at WTVM and WXTX's shared studios on Wynnton Road in the Dinglewood section of Columbus.
The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant.
The Miss Georgia's Teen competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of Georgia in the Miss America's Teen pageant. The pageant is held each June in Columbus,Georgia.
William J. "Jim" Wetherington is an American politician and policeman who served as the 67th mayor of Columbus,Georgia from 2007 to 2011. Before being elected mayor,Wetherington served the city of Columbus as chief of police,and the state of Georgia as commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections,where he led the sixth largest prison system in the United States. He was elected 67th mayor of that city in 2006,after defeating incumbent mayor Bob Poydasheff. As mayor,Wetherington raised taxes to increase the size of the Columbus police force,and worked to improve the mayor's office's relationships between with the mayor's office and the county school district. In accordance with a promise to his wife,Wetherington chose not to run for reelection in the 2010 election despite high approval ratings. (subscription required) After leaving office at the end of his term in 2011,Wetherington was replaced by lawyer Teresa Tomlinson.
Eddie Lowe is a former linebacker who played nine seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was recruited in 1983 from the University of Alabama. Eddie Lowe is currently mayor of Phenix City,Alabama. He is the first black mayor of Phenix City.
William Henry Shaw High School is located in Columbus,Georgia,United States. It opened in 1978 at its present location in the Northern Columbus area. Students began attending classes in September of the same year.
Carly Mathis is an American attorney and beauty pageant titleholder from Leesburg,Georgia,who was named Miss Georgia 2013.
Maggie Marie Bridges is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Brinson,Georgia,who was crowned Miss Georgia 2014. She is the second Georgia Tech student to win the Miss Georgia title. The first Georgia Tech student to win the Miss Georgia title was Tammy Fulwider in 1983 Megan Blake. Bridges competed for the Miss America 2015 title in September 2014 but was not a Top 15 finalist.
The 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3,2020,and on January 5,2021,to elect the Class II member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Georgia. Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican Senator David Perdue in the runoff election. The general election was held concurrently with the 2020 presidential election,as well as with other elections to the Senate,elections to the U.S. House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Columbus,Georgia,US.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 6,2018. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Neither U.S. Senate seat was up for election in 2018. The Republican Party won every statewide office in 2018.
The 2018 Georgia Secretary of State election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the Secretary of State of Georgia. It was held concurrently with the 2018 gubernatorial election,as well as elections for the United States Senate and elections for the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Republican Incumbent Secretary of State Brian Kemp chose not to run for re-election and instead ran successfully for governor. Since no candidate received the requisite 50 percent of the vote,the top two candidates,Democrat John Barrow and Republican Brad Raffensperger proceeded to a runoff on December 4,2018.
Nikema Natassha Williams is an American politician and political executive serving as the representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district and as Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia. The district includes almost three-quarters of Atlanta. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 2017-2021. Williams served as one of 16 electors for Georgia in the Electoral College following the 2020 United States presidential election.
The Columbus Clingstones are a Minor League Baseball (MiLB) team based in Columbus,Georgia. The team,which will play in the Southern League,will be the Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves major-league club.
