Tuesday: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 96 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 94, low: 73.
Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 92 and low of 74 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Midday Interview: How to deal with grieving someone alive (wrbl.com) — A Columbus-based counseling psychologist is helping residents understand "ambiguous loss," the pain of grieving someone who is still alive after divorce, estrangement, or broken friendships. She explains how acknowledging the loss, setting a grieving timeline, and accepting limits on control can help people in Columbus move forward in healthier ways.
HCHS Girls Basketball Conditioning Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811 6:30 am
HCHS Volleyball (V/JV) vs. Hardaway/ Smiths Station @ home Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811 5:00 pm
HCCMS Softball vs. Rehoboth Rd. (B team) Harris County Carver Middle School Away 5:30 pm
HCHS Softball (V) @ Griffin Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811 5:30 pm
Wednesday September 2
HCHS Softball (V/JV) vs. Pike County @ home Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811 5:00 pm
Thursday September 3
B.Merrell's School Spirit Night Pine Ridge Elementary School 6835 Midland Commons Blvd Suites H,I, and J, Columbus, GA 3190 4:00 pm
HCHS Volleyball (V/JV) @ Lee County Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811 5:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Friends, i have 3 hummers fighting over my feeder!!! Typically i only have the one lone guy! Hoping everyone still had feeders out!!!! (Nextdoor Morningside)
MISS LADYBUG 🐞 She got her booster shot today She's 7lbs&4oz and doing great Next big event will be her getting spayed I think I'll take her to Paws because I saw… (Nextdoor Southside Wood)
MyJobsCorner posted a job opening for Paint Associate Jobs: Hiring Immediately! Full Time / Part Time - $18-$47/Hr in Columbus. Apply here.
Ruby Tuesday, Inc. posted a job opening for Shift Leader - Columbus - 3974 in Columbus. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbus here.
🗞 Nearby News
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2026 Hyundai Palisade vs. Kia Telluride: One Makes a Stronger Case for Your $50,000 (miamiherald.com)
Lumpkin
Congresswoman Jayapal reports from ICE detention center in Georgia (shorelineareanews.com)
Meal packing offers service in honor of 9/11 (ung.edu)
LaGrange
Dontee' Ray: The Man Behind the Laughs, the Characters, and the Calling (sheenmagazine.com)
20 UNDER 40: Green empowers community through service, couns... (lagrangenews.com)
Man arrested on drug and assault charges after LaGrange shooting incident (wrbl.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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