South Fulton News

Residents of the CDS Parker group home in South Fulton, front row from left, Sloan McCalla, Dante Snead, James Rhodes, Ray Goodloe, David Nash, Brian Dollar and Brian Lyle, stand with Diamond Rio's Jimmy Olander, Dana Williams, Dan Truman, Gene Johnson, Brian Prout and Marty Roe.

Berean Baptist Church in downtown Jackson celebrated its 125th anniversary Sunday afternoon by inviting former members and kicking off a food drive.

Two South Fulton men and one Union City man are behind bars, following what Union City Police believed to be suspicious drug activity, at the Obion County Co-ops bulk fertilizer plant at 800 Mount Zion Rd, Nov.

A solution is underway for the city of South Fulton regarding county-owned property, resulting from delinquent city and county taxes, as plans to establish a park grant board are carried out.

Tennessees program to help poor families weatherize homes has received more than 20 times the regular funding, as part of the federal stimulus, which could mean help for South Fulton residents, this winter, who qualify.

According to Union City police, David Cranford, 45, of South Fulton, was pronounced dead at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital at approximately 11:45 a.m. Police have now charged Rollie Edmiaston Jr., 34, Sean Woodruff, 31, and his brother Jeff Woodruff, 26, all of Union City, with second degree murder and aggravated assault.

Two major Douglas County east-west corridors, Anneewakee Road and Dorsett Shoals Road, were re-opened Friday afternoon in time for heavy weekend traffic.

Hospital personnel now classify him as extremely critical. Union City police have said additional charges could be filed against the three men accused in the beating.

Witnesses told investigators, the 45-year-old man fought with three other men who had already left the Pop a Top Bar.

A Fulton man was arrested Sept. 24 and charged second-degree assault after allegedly assaulting a victim with a knife at Marine Oil Co.

The administration at area schools are fighting at the front lines, attempting to keep germs out or at least at a minimum.

South Fulton Police Department will be the recipient of a $20,000 grant, from the Highway Safety Department, to purchase video systems and hand held communication equipment, according to City Manager Jeff Vowell.

Country Music Singer Lorrie Morgan will headline the Railroad Heritage Days. Fultons Railroad Heritage Days begin Sept.

James Henry Lee Fulcher, a resident of Clinton, and formerly from South Fulton, died Aug.

A Fulton County grand jury indicted three men Wednesday in the South Fulton home invasion that left a mother and her 1-year-old boy in critical condition.

The mentoring program at South Fulton Elementary School is extremely successful, according to School Counselor Nikki Netherland, but additional mentors are needed.

Cleaning of debris from the creek on Harris Road in South Fulton will begin this fall.

Fulton and South Fulton Fire Departments, under the automatic mutual aid agreement between the two cities, responded to a report of a structural fire at 800 East State Line Rd.

Matthew B. Jones, 20, of Clinton, was arrested Aug. 19, and charged with Attempted Murder.

The South Fulton Fire Department responded to a structure fire Aug. 25 before 8 a.m. on Billy Jolley Road in South Fulton.