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Monday, February 4, 2013

Fox News Reports Hostage Situation in Dale County, AL Ends with Boy Safe

Sources including Fox News report Jimmy Lee Dykes is dead and 5 year old kidnapped boy is safe

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Midland City, AL - At approximately 3;12pm Central time, law enforcement was able to retrieve the boy from the bunker where he was held captive for a week by Jimmy Lee Dykes.

The 5 year-old is being treated at the hospital but said to be "okay". 

Get updates at the top of the hour from Fox News on News Radio 540 and online here


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Dr. Crumbs Voted to Return as CHS Principal

In a 7-1 vote, the Muscogee County School Board has reinstated Dr. Marvin Crumbs as principal of Columbus High School.

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In a special meeting by the Muscogee County School Board, reassigned Columbus High School principal Dr. Marvin Crumbs was voted back in as principal.

The decision was announced shortly after the executive meeting was held to decide on a "personnel issue". 

We'll have more on the story tomorrow morning on News Radio 540. 


Thursday, March 22, 2012

CHIPPER JONES ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AFTER 2012 SEASON

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Chipper Jones announces he will retire at conclusion of 2012 season

Third baseman to retire after 19 big-league seasons

LISTEN TO CHIPPER'S PRESS CONFERENCE  Chipper Jones retirement press conference

Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones announced today that he has made the decision to retire at the end of the upcoming 2012 Major League Baseball season. The Braves and Jones have expressed interest in rejoining the organization in a yet-to-be-determined capacity after 2012. 

The No. 1 selection in the 1990 Major League Draft, Jones has played his entire career in the Braves organization. He currently leads all active players with 18 years of service with the same Club (Derek Jeter, 17-NYY; Mariano Rivera, 17-NYY; Todd Helton, 15-COL).

Since the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966, Jones ranks as the franchise leader in nearly every offensive category.  He owns a .304 career batting average, with 454 home runs, 526 doubles and 1,561 RBIs in 2,387 games. Jones and Anaheim Angels first baseman Albert Pujols are the only two active players to hit at least 400 career homers and still have more walks than strikeouts (Jones has 1,455 walks and 1,358 strikeouts).

Jones finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting in 1995 and went on to earn the league’s Most Valuable Player Award in 1999. He has been named to seven N.L. All-Star teams and has been voted into the Game as a starter four times, most recently in 2008. He played for the United States team in the first two editions of the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009.

He won his first career batting title in 2008, with a .364 average. It marked the second-highest single-season average ever for a switch hitter. Mickey Mantle hit .365 for the New York Yankees in 1957.

Jones is the only switch hitter in Major League history to post a .300 career average with more than 300 homers, and his career batting average ranks second all-time among switch hitters. Hall-of-Famer Frankie Frisch batted .316. Jones’ home run total ranks third among all switch hitters, behind Hall-of-Famers Mantle (536) and Eddie Murray (504).


Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Investigators seek person of interest in Swift Mill fire

Fire marshal Chief Ricky Shores is looking for a man he's calling a "person of interest" in his investigation into the fire at the old Swift Mill on 6th Avenue last Saturday.

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According to Columbus Fire & EMS, Fire Marshal Chief Ricky Shores, a man was in the area of the Circle K on Veterans Parkway at around 5 or 6pm Saturday. Shores says the man is in his late 20's to early 30's. He is around 5’8” to 5’10” tall and weighs about 140 to 150 pounds.

Shores says this man is not a suspect at this time but a person of interest that could provide them with more information into the fire.

If you recognize the man or have any information on where he is, you are asked to call Columbus Fire and EMS Investigative Services at 706-653-3520.


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Troy Davis Executed

Convicted murderer Troy Davis has been put to death by lethal injection in Jackson, GA.

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The execution of Troy Davis was scheduled for 7pm. But last minute appeals were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and the execution was delayed.

Soon after 10pm, the mother of murdered Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail was called and notified that the stay of execution appeal had been denied and that the execution would proceed after 11pm.

Get the very latest on The Morning Show from 6-9 tomorrow morning on AM 540.  


Wednesday, September 21, 2011

The Latest on Troy Davis

A decision should be reached by the Supreme Court by 10pm

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The latest word from Jackson, GA says that the Supreme Court will make a decision at 10pm at the earliest. 

Troy Davis' execution was put on hold by the SCOTUS before 7pm and the crowds gathered outside protesting erupted into cheers. 

Get all the latest from our news partner The Ledger-Enquirer


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Stand-Off with Columbus Police Ends with Arrest

Columbus man taken into custody after an overnight standoff with police.

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Columbus police responded to a call at 10 last night to a home on Cleo Drive. Witnesses say a man fired a gun into the air and then barricaded himself inside his home. There is reportedly no one else inside the home.

Streets were blocked in the area and Columbus police and SWAT were on the scene.

According to witnesses, police entered the home this morning and took the man into custody. Nathan Bostick, 28, faces charges including a possible charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Police are releasing few details about the case at this time.

We will continuet o follow the story throughout the morning. 


Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Columbus Police Respond to a Stand-off

Columbus man is locked inside his home on Cleo Drive and refusing to come out.

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Columbus police responded to a call at 10 last night to a home on Cleo Drive. Witnesses say a man fired a gun into the air and then barricaded himself inside his home. There is reportedly no one else inside the home.

Streets are blocked in the area and Columbus police and SWAT are on the scene.

Police are releasing few details about the case at this time.

We will continuet o follow the story throughout the morning. 


Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Phenix City Police Investigating a Murder

Phenix City police are at the scene of an early morning murder in Phenix City this morning.

from our News Partner WRBL

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Phenix City police are at Abercrombie Apartments off Crawford Rd investigating.

Police confirm that one is dead and the case is being investigated as a homicide.

This is not a shooting. 

We will continue to follow the story as it develops.


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Breaking Local News

Columbus police: Two bank robbery suspects dead after police shooting

from our news partner The Ledger-Enquirer

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Two suspects are dead after a Columbus police officer fired several shots during what authorities call a bank robbery, according to Columbus Police Chief Ricky Boren.

An officer, who Boren declined to name, fired a couple shots at a black pickup truck near the intersection of Gardenia Street and Briarwood.

The shooting left one suspect dead on the scene and another man died at The Medical Center.

The officer spotted one of the suspects running from MEA Federal Credit Union the corner of Macon and Rigdon roads wearing a hoodie at 11:30 a.m. today.


Read more by visiting our news partner: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/09/06/1723730/shooting-reported-on-macon-road.html#ixzz1XCNm45MI


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