🌱 Patch AM: Where and why DUI checkpoints are popping up around Columbus this week

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In today's newsletter:

• Where and why DUI checkpoints are popping up around Columbus this week
• See how a Columbus high school landed near the top in Georgia

Also on today's calendar: Soulful Sounds in Columbus and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, temps: high: 89, low: 73.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, with a high of 84 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Sobriety checkpoints begin at state border (nowgeorgia.com) — Sobriety checkpoints are underway this week in Columbus, especially along Victory Drive as drivers cross from Phenix City, as part of the multi-state "Hands Across the Border" DUI prevention campaign. Local and state agencies will keep road checks going across the Chattahoochee Valley and Georgia through Labor Day, reminding drivers that Georgia's legal blood alcohol limit is .08.
   

• US News ranks top high schools in Georgia. See the 2026 list (savannahnow.com) — A Columbus high school has been ranked second in Georgia and 70th nationally by U.S. News & World Report, earning standout scores in graduation rate, test proficiency, and AP participation. The statewide list highlights how competitive Georgia schools are, but Columbus families can take special pride in the city's strong academic showing.
   

📸 Around Columbus

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Columbus

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Thursday August 27
• Fall Universal Academic & Dyslexia Screening
  Muscogee County School District School sites
  8:00 am
Thursday September 3
• Pediatric Diabetes Support Group
  Muscogee County School District Piedmont Conference Center 710 Center Street Columbus, GA 31901
  5:45 pm
Friday September 4
• Fall Universal Academic & Dyslexia Screening
  Muscogee County School District School sites
  8:00 am
Wednesday September 9
• Soulful Sounds in Columbus →
  Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center, 4225 University Ave, Columbus
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 26
• HCHS Boys Basketball Workouts
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  6:30 am
• HCCMS Softball vs. Carrollton (A team)
  Harris County Carver Middle School Home
  5:15 pm
• HCCMS Football vs. Carver @ home
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 27
• HCHS Football (JV) vs. Pike County @ home
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  5:30 pm
• HCHS Softball (V) vs. Starr's Mill @ home
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  5:30 pm
• HCCMS Volleyball vs. Gardner Newman
  Harris County Carver Middle School HCCMS
  6:00 pm
• HCHS Volleyball (V/JV) @ Pike County
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  6:00 pm
• HCHS Girls Basketball Workouts
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Our Cheeto escaped the front door and is now missing since yesterday afternoon in the Brookstone Subdivision area of Columbus near Mobley Rd.
  If you see him please call us. He is an inside only kitty and has only his canine teeth. He is loved and missed so much. My son is devastated. 706… (Nextdoor Brookstone)
• I found this little Maltese this morning, and I found the lady who has possession of it.
  She was keeping it for someone that was in the hospital and now they have went to rehab and she can't keep the dog. She's looking to rehome it. It's… (Nextdoor Edgewood)

• Government Jobs posted a job opening for Administrative Coordinator - G118 - Chief of Police in Columbus. Apply here.
• U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC posted a job opening for Door Assembler I in Columbus. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbus here.

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Ok Columbus! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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