🌱 Patch AM: Columbus police need help locating missing 15-year-old Zariyah Holt

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In today's newsletter:

• Columbus police need help locating missing 15-year-old Zariyah Holt
• Jury picked—what's next in the 2022 Columbus teen murder trial?
• See what hidden Civil War tech surfaced from the Chattahoochee.

Also on today's calendar: Soulful Sounds in Columbus and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Hot, with a high of 97 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 96, low: 74.
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 73 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Columbus police seek missing 15-year-old girl (wtvm.com) — Columbus police are asking for your help finding 15-year-old Zariyah Holt, last seen Monday morning on Estes Drive wearing a T-shirt, navy polka-dot pajama pants, and red Crocs. Investigators are treating the case as a juvenile runaway and urge anyone with information to call 911 or the Special Victims Unit immediately.
   

• Jury seated in trial for 2022 Columbus murder (wtvm.com) — A jury has been seated in Columbus for the trial of three young men accused in the 2022 shooting death of 16-year-old Joshua Huff, one of many homicides during a violent year for the city. With emotions running high among families and defense attorneys insisting on their clients' innocence, opening statements are scheduled to begin Wednesday morning.
   

• If you fuze, you may not lose. Tiny artillery components exhibited at the National Civil Naval Museum provide proof of ingenuity in small packages (blogspot.com) — Columbus history buffs can see tiny but ingenious Civil War artillery fuzes now on display at the National Civil War Naval Museum. The artifacts, recovered from the locally built CSS Jackson, include a once-live fuze carefully rendered safe by staff and a rare Confederate friction primer, offering a close-up look at 19th-century battlefield technology and craftsmanship.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Columbus

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Thursday September 3
• Fall Universal Academic & Dyslexia Screening
  Muscogee County School District School sites
  8:00 am
• 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
Tuesday September 8
• Fall 2026 Universal Behavior 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
Tuesday September 22
• Climate Week NYC →
  Attend Online or in person in NYC
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

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
• HCCMS Softball vs Manchester
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  5:30 pm
• HCHS Football (9th) @ Pike
  Harris County High School Hamilton, GA 31811
  5:30 pm
• HCCMS Softball vs. Manchester (A team)
  Harris County Carver Middle School Home
  5:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Missing Teen
  My niece is a 15 yr old Caucasian female with long curly blonde hair. She is 5'3" 120lbs & last seen wearing a black Dolly Parton T-shirt with light… (Nextdoor Gentian Acres)
• 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)

• Crunch Fitness posted a job opening for Janitorial/ Maintenance Attendant in Columbus. Apply here.
• Piedmont Healthcare Inc. posted a job opening for EVS Floor Attendant, Evenings - Midtown - No Experience Required in Columbus. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Columbus here.

🗞 Nearby News

Lumpkin

• ICE Says Its Detention Centers Have 'Higher Standards' Than U.S. Prisons. The Emancipator Found This is Untrue. (theemancipator.org)
• Meal packing offers service in honor of 9/11 (ung.edu)
• Veterans and young catcher playing at high level, named Players of the Week (blitzsportsga.com)

LaGrange

• Addiction recovery celebration coming to LaGrange (lagrangenews.com)
• Dontee' Ray: The Man Behind the Laughs, the Characters, and the Calling (sheenmagazine.com)
• Football star of the week: Troup's Javarris Warner cannot be... (lagrangenews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don't you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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