Tallapoosa News

On June 6, the Ball Metal Food & Household Products company in Tallapoosa began laying off workers.

Charles Overton, of Tallapoosa, Ga., didn't start out as a VW guy. He was a Chevy guy, until one fateful day he drove his cousin's 1966 Beetle to a convenience store and fell in love with the car.

Development and traffic have multiplied for miles around every exit north to the Tennessee line Rome, Fairmont, Calhoun, Dalton all the way up to Ringgold, the once sleepy little town that now promotes itself ... via Rome News - Tribune

She's a brick-layer, and she's good From the Walker County Messenger Larry Brooks LaFayette High School junior Ashley Allmon recently took home a second-place finish in a regional competition among area high ... via Rome News - Tribune

“The plant colsure at Ball Metal Food & Household will created a difficult situation for the workers and the community”

State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond today announced that the Georgia Department of Labor will provide assistance to employees who are expected to lose their jobs at Ball Metal Food & Household Company in ... via Rome News - Tribune

“I was very excited that things have started to move”

The shooting death in Rockmart in February 2007 of Bobby Mallin, a 2002 honors graduate of Northwest Whitfield High School, shattered his family, family members say. via Dalton Daily Citizen

Board applauds GDOT employee effort s in Roadside Enhancement Program ATLANTA - Six employees of the Georgia Department of Transportation's Roadside Enhancement program were recognized by the State ... via The Weekly

“It looked like she just throwed out a reel, reeled him in and started from day one doing everything, and, I felt, robbing him”

Jim Hutcheson had been a bachelor all his adult life when, at age 73, he met Amanda Kay Kelso. via Athens Banner-Herald

You're heading back to metro Atlanta from Birmingham or some other western locale, driving along I-20 at a pleasant clip. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Q: What's going on with the comic strip "For Better or For Worse"? She's been doing repeats from like 20 years ago. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“American Bandstand") and "an improbable Ezra Pound craze that swept the school.”

Some writers you read for the flavor of their minds as much as their ability to put a story together. via The Seattle Times

“Some of the young trees were killed”

Farmers not worried this season, but if Santa doesn't bring rain, future trees may look like Charlie Brown's BY LARRY GIERER - lgierer@ledger-enquirer.com -- You may have heard about the drought that's going to ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

A prison inmate in west Georgia died in a freak accident when a piece of limestone hit him in the neck just a day before he was set to be released. via MyATLtv.com

“This is the third year that I've done it, and the first year I've won”

In a world of long commutes and smoggy skies, the giant sweeps of color along Atlanta's highways pop out like a sweet surprise. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“We've seen a steady relationship between building permits and population”

Coweta County has experienced slow job growth in 2007 and - similar to many other counties across Georgia - has suffered from the declining housing market, according to regional economic experts. via Times-Herald

“The fact of the matter is we have to preserve water. Municipal water systems draw from our lakes. We don't even know if we will be able to fill the lakes again next spring”

Rains from the remnants of Hurricane Humberto did not provide relief for the drought that has dropped lake levels to near record lows in Alabama and jeopardized its river system as it gets less water from a key ... via Athens Banner-Herald

In Friday's non-league match, the visiting Haralson County Rebels football squad scored a good 31-13 victory over the Bowdon Red Devils. via MaxPreps