Tallapoosa News

An Austell man has been charged with attempted kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl from a west Georgia Walmart on Wednesday when her mother stepped away for fruit.

BREMEN, Ga - A second grader who fought off a would-be kidnapper will speak to her classmates about her daring escape.

As a response to rising feed prices and extensive drought conditions, local farmer Joe Griffith and his father, Mac, recently made the decision to transition their family's traditional cattle farm to a natural grass-fed beef farm for local processing and consumption.

A 7-year-old Georgia girl managed to scream and kick her way out of a kidnapping attempt in an Atlanta area Wal-Mart by a man out on parole for voluntary manslaughter, authorities said.

Police say a 25-year-old parolee tried to abduct a 7-year-old girl from a west Georgia Walmart store.

The Polk County Police Department's Narcotics Enforcement Team, announces the arrest of four individuals following an investigation by the Narcotics Enforcement Team into the possession and distribution of illegal narcotics and marijuana.

A $77.1 million annuity prize expired late last month when no one stepped forward with the winning Powerball ticket, purchased at a Tallapoosa, Ga., truck stop on June 29.

The popularity of organic vegetables and meats has driven many West Georgians to Atlanta or elsewhere in search of stores specializing in such fare.

Four candidates for the District Two seat on the Haralson County Commission turned out Saturday morning in the community of Corinth for a GOP-sponsored discussion of issues facing the county, ranging from overspending to county development and taxation of senior citizens for schools.

During their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday night, the Haralson County Board of Education approved a motion to move forward with Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax projects at Tallapoosa and Buchanan Primary Schools.