Two suspended Columbus Parks and Recreation employees were ordered by the city manager’s office to halt their involvement with an elite youth basketball team they coach.

Columbus native and Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Jason E. Searcy has spent the past week testing his mental toughness and physical endurance as a competitor in the Army Reserve’s 2010 Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis.

Phenix City officials again discussed how to cope with the tightening economy while trying to maintain city services and drive economic development. In a Thursday budget work session, officials talked about restructuring the city’s debt service.

Five people linked by authorities to an alleged scam that bilked Aflac out of close to $1 million appeared in federal court on Thursday.

Danny Ferrell came home Wednesday from a long day of work, ready for a quiet night with the family at his Valley, Alabama home.

ATLANTA — State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond announced today that federal extended unemployment insurance benefits are now being paid to 90,994 jobless Georgians. The benefits were enacted by Congress and signed by the President last Thursday, July 22.

Last week, a group of local Masterbuilt employees traveled to Gulf Shores, Ala., to help those affected by the oil spill in a unique way: by treating them to lunch.