West Point News

Tennille Brooks has been out of work about a year and making ends meet with a "prayer." On Friday, she was at the Fountain City Classic Career Expo and Job Fair in Columbus, using a computer to fill out an application for a $14-an-hour production job at the Kia auto plant in West Point, Ga.

West Point, Ga. Kia Motors, which began making Sorento cross-over vehicles last month, announced Tuesday it will hire another 1,200 factory workers for a second production line.

Voters go to the polls Tuesday for municipal elections in West Point and Hogansville, and a special election for the District 129 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.

West Point City Council has begun advertising for a new police chief, five months after current Chief David Kerr announced his retirement.

Terry Laughridge remembers the early days of Kia in Georgia, when customers walked into his showroom in Blue Ridge in 1995 and he and his salesmen said silent prayers.

Along with deciding on a trio of council members and a new state representative, West Point residents will decide Tuesday whether to back the formation of a "tax allocoation district" in the city.

Robyn Miles / Daily News Landon Gogel wore a tractor during a Halloween costume parade Wednesday afternoon at the Early Learning Center at Lafayette Christian School.

One in series West Point voters will choose three City Council members in the Nov.

Within view of a large bust of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, construction has begun on The Roosevelt School at Warm Springs, a $20 million residential and vocational services facility to serve students at Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation.

Halloween is more than a week away, but Hogansville is getting a head start on the spooky doings with a haunted house while West Point hosts a downtown ghost walk.

If the politicians can't or won't get anything done, maybe somebody else can. That seems to be the operative, if not quite so bluntly stated, philosophy of a new participant in the interstate water discussions, an organization called the ACF Stakeholders.

If you have heard of LaGrange, Georgia it probably is because of the KIA automotive plant that is in West Point, Georgia and being that we are right next to West Point, LaGrange gets a lot of attention.

Kia to start production 'before Thanksgiving' All systems are go for a mid-No-vember production start at Kia Motors' auto assembly plant in West Point.

While other automakers are closing plants in the U.S., Kia, which is controlled by South Korea's Hyundai Automotive Group, is preparing to open a brand-new assembly plant in West Point, Ga., southwest of Atlanta.

A representative of the Municipal Electric Authority Georgia says he'd need time to study reports to see why some residents of West Point are reporting power surges.

Activity at the Kia Motors assembly plant in West Point, Ga., is picking up as the start of production draws closer.

Early voting for area municipal races and for the special election to fill the House District 129 seat begins Tuesday.

Here are some fun things in our region for the whole family this October! Marengo Creek Farms Russell County, AL October 1st through October 31 Wednesday through Saturday 10AM -5PM $7.00 for adults Children under 2 Free Downtown West Point Scarecrows West Point, GA October 7th through October 31 Free Haunted House Downtown Hogansville, GA October ...

Open to anyone that grew up on the Dunson or Dixie Mill Villages duirng the 40s, 50s, 60s, or 70s or went to Dunson School.

Troup County officials got their first look at the aftermath of last week's storms that pounded Atlanta and quickly moved massive amounts of water and debris down stream to Troup County.