Lithia Springs News

District 1 Commissioner Freddie Ashmon Jr. feels high school students need all the help they can get in the competitive college admissions market, so hea s organized a free SAT practice workshop for county students.

The Proctor and Gamble Company announced Tuesday that it will close its Lithia Springs Nioxin plant next year, resulting in the loss of 112 jobs.

A Powder Springs systems analyst is bundled with joy. Charles Jones, 47, won $1 million in the Weekly WinFall drawing held June 30.

When they became park volunteers, the Kirkpatrick family did fun stuff. They dressed as pioneers and re-enacted Georgia settlers' daily lives while school kids watched.

Contributed photo Tom Burkhardt, KI4MDU, works an amateur satellite at last yeara s Amateur Radio Field Day at Paulding Meadows Park.

The day after a fire destroyed a legendary Athens landmark was even harder to face than the day it burned.

District 1 Commissioner Freddie Ashmon Jr., in black suit, and resident Jimmy Hulsey, in striped shirt, in exchange at an April 30 public town hall meeting.

The Reverend and Mrs. Barry Wilson Thompson of Marietta, announce the engagement of their daughter, Carmen Kay Thompson, to Jonathan David Dawson, son of Mr.

High schools in Douglas County showed a small improvement in 2009 state graduation test scores, and county school officials say work will continue to keep the increases going.

The unthinkable happened to me at a Bank of America avail machine. I thought the problem could never be resolved.

Scattered thunderstorms will go through Thursday night and early Friday morning in metro Atlanta, forecasters say.

Membership provides individuals with a valuable third party endorsement of their accomplishments and gives them the tools needed to brand themselves and their businesses effectively.

A recent robbery at a Douglas County McDonald's brings new meaning to "Mac Attack." Nearly one week after an eldery man was robbed and assaulted inside a restroom at a Lithia Springs McDonald's, police continue to search for the 23-year-old suspect they say has a crime record in Georgia, Alabama and California.

The mother of Aimee Michael -- who is the woman charged in the deadly Easter Sunday fatal hit and run in south Fulton County -- has been charged in connection with the case.

Mary Catherine Brown and Carson Benjamin Young were united in marriage on Saturday, November 22, 2008, at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Athens, Georgia.

As with last weekend, Ole Miss hosted several prospects at a Saturday scrimmage with about a dozen prospects showing up.

* Jennifer Michelle Thomas, 33, 3141 Rauschenberg Road, Dalton, was charged with being a fugitive from justice.

Tiger Woods will take the next step in his highly anticipated comeback at this week's CA Championship, where he will compete in his first stroke-play event since winning the U.S. Open last June.

The seventh annual Spring Chicken Run is on for March 28 at Macland Presbyterian Church in Powder Springs.

Lithia Springs PTA fundraiser nets $6,500 The PTA at Lithia Springs Elementary School held its annual Family Fun Fair the weekend of Feb.