Chickamauga News

The body of a 24-year-old Chickamauga, Ga., man was found floating in the water on Panama City Beach early Sunday morning.

Are two charter study committees too many? Some Fort Oglethorpe officials think so.

Georgia governor Nathan Deal made a quick stop by the Walker County civic center Thursday, May 2, to ceremoniously sign two state bills into law.

Gray, overcast skies and periodic drizzle could not dampen the spirits or the enthusiasm of the runners who participated in the Whitfield Oil Trojan 5K on Saturday.

Georgia governor Nathan Deal made a quick stop by the Walker County civic center Thursday, May 2, to ceremoniously sign two state bills into law.

Gray, overcast skies and periodic drizzle could not dampen the spirits or the enthusiasm of the runners who participated in the Whitfield Oil Trojan 5K on Saturday.

The 14 schools in the Walker County school system have each selected a Teacher of the Year for 2012-13. A panel of three teachers who retired from Walker County Public Schools interviewed the 14 teachers for selection of three finalists who will have classroom visits to determine the system-wide Teacher of the Year on May 2. Penny Howerton served ... (more)

Runners from all over the Northwest Georgia and surrounding areas are expected to converge on historic Chickamauga on this Saturday for the second annual Trojan 5K, sponsored by Whitfield Oil and the Gordon Lee Alumni Association and Foundation.

According to premier ethnographer James Mooney of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the word "Chickamauga" was the name of at least two places within the Cherokee Nation East: a headwater creek of the Chattahoochee River in Georgia, and a river and Cherokee town near Chattanooga, but the word is not Cherokee.

After a one-year hiatus, the Down Home Days festival will return to celebrate its 41st year of spring entertainment in Chickamauga.

WATCH: See videos from last years Down Home Days parade and scenes from the crowd.

The Fort Oglethorpe Tourism board is working to create a smartphone app drawing attention to the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Chickamauga.