Columbus Ledger-Enquirer staff writer Mark Rice covers education and other issues related to youth. He also writes feature stories about any compelling topic. He has been reporting in Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley for more than a quarter-century. He welcomes your local news tips and questions.
The Muscogee County Board of Elections and Registration has sued the State Election Board in Georgia to block a new rule requiring a hand count of ballots, saying the move is too late in the process and it will “dramatically” alter election work.
As strange as it sounds, a 10-foot, 3-inch great white shark sporting a satellite tracking tag managed to swim more than 1,700 miles without giving away her location, according to the nonprofit OCEARCH.
A rarely witnessed congregation of American alligators was recorded in southeast Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp, and researchers are trying to figure out why it happened.
A Georgia family is mystified as to how an alligator got into their home’s fenced-in backyard on St. Simons Island, about an 80-mile drive south from Savannah.
