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Ken Metteauer, Redmond Regional Medical Center Chief Financial Officer (Photo contributed)
Redmond Regional Medical Center names Ken Metteauer new CFO
Redmond Regional Medical Center announced in a press release this afternoon their new chief financial officer for the hospital, Ken Metteauer. Metteauer, who took over as the CFO on May 1, replac...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College moves forward with Catoosa County property
RINGGOLD — About 50 acres of Catoosa County-owned property will soon become home for a Georgia Northwestern Technical College satellite campus as well as a mixed-use commercial development. Co...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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College campus and retail development set for Alabama Highway site in Catoosa County
About 50 acres of Catoosa County-owned property will soon become home for a Georgia Northwestern Technical Community College satellite campus as well as a mixed-use commercial development. County ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sitting from left is Gary Moore (uncle), Robert Henderson and Dale Reese (mother). Standing from left is Cedar Bluff principal Bobby Mintz, Cedar Bluff assistant football coach Todd Dean, Cedar Bluff head football coach Jonathan McWhorter and Cedar Bluff assistant coach Matt Watson.
Cedar Bluff's Henderson gets second chance to play football, signs with Shorter
CEDAR BLUFF - September 7, 2012 is a day Cedar Bluff senior running back Robert "Bam" Henderson won't soon forget. Just a play into the Tigers' second football game of the season at Valley Head, H...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Polk Co. Sheriff asks GBI to review incident involving jailer
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is being called to evaluate possible criminal charges against a jailer accused of injuring an inmate, according to Polk County Sheriff Johnny Moats. Moats said h...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fat ducks waddle toward a grassed area near the Aragon millpond where they often congregate for free food from a generous public. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Aragon council approves ordinance to regulate feeding of 'waterfowl'
Ducks continue to nest and raise young on the banks of Aragon millpond. They have not departed since they were first reported in June 2012. The expanding population and problems created by people ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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The water park, still under construction a few weeks ago, is set to open at 1 p.m. Monday. (File, NPCo)
Lake Winnie waterpark set to open Monday
FORT OGLETHORPE — Lake Winnepesaukah is putting the final touches on its new water park SoakYa in time for Monday’s 1 p.m. opening. Pools, water slides and an adventure river are now located on the...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Baby dies, dad hurt in Whitfield
DALTON — A 2-month-old baby in Whitfield County was killed after her mother accidentally pinned her and the child’s father against the wall of their home Sunday, officials said. Whitfield Sheriff’s...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lake Winnie set to open water park on Memorial Day
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May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Lake Winnepesaukah is putting the final touches on its new water park SoakYa in time for a Memorial Day (Monday, May 27) opening at 1 p.m. The park was originally scheduled to open Friday, May 24....
Marietta man accused of growing 39 marijuana plants near a park in White
by Cartersville Patch.com
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
A tip led to the arrest of a Marietta man who allegedly grew 39 marijuana plants near a park in the Bartow County city of White, just outside Cartersville. A May 11 call about Charles Larry Edmonds...
Tennessee murder suspect found dead in Calhoun hotel room
by The Calhoun Times
May 20, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
A Tennessee man wanted in connection with a homicide in that state committed suicide Monday in a Calhoun hotel room after being surrounded law enforcement officials, according to the Gordon County ...
Surprise name stalls appointments in Fort Oglethorpe
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
FORT OGLETHORPE — Fired former public works director Jeff Long is one of City Council member Earl Gray’s two proposed appointees to a city charter study committee. Mayor Lynn Long called for the c...
Gadsden State president battles ‘no confidence’ vote
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
GADSDEN — More than 300 Gadsden State Community College employees cast votes of no confidence in the leadership of school president Raymond Staats following complaints made in the past year regardi...
Rockmart trail hosts skaters from three different countries
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
ROCKMART — Skateboarders from three countries left Rockmart for Weaver, Ala., on Saturday — the second day of the three-day Chief Ladiga Silver Comet Skate Challenge. This is the third year of the ...
Whitfield County to levy fire tax
May 18, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
DALTON — Those who own property in Whitfield County outside the Dalton city limits could get a bit of sticker shock when they get their tax bills this year. County Commission Chairman Mike Babb iss...
Pedestrian arrested leaving ‘bootlegger’s house
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
SUMMERVILLE — A 53-year-old Summerville man flagged down a lawman and confessed to leaving a “bootlegger’s” house, according to Chattooga County Sheriff’s Deputy John Chandler. The deputy was trave...