Buchanan News

The Haralson County Sheriffa s Office has closed June with numerous arrests. In one case, two brothers received assault charges in the beating of a man, who was also later shot after participating in an arm wrestling game with one of the brothers.

The following people were booked on the following charges, according to the Polk County Jail docket book.

April 17, Day Two Hi 72, Low 44, partly cloudy five miles NW of Buchanan, Ga. I only got sporadic sleep last night.

The following property transactions were recorded at the Polk County Clerk of Superior Court for the month of February, according to the Polk County Clerk of Court.

A small cemetery of unmarked graves has been found in the path of the Sardis Church Road extension, and the Georgia Department of Transportation plans to unearth and move the bodies.

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday agreed the state public defender council should be found in contempt for refusing to pay lawyers in a death penalty case.

Georgia's Department of Transportation will be taking bids this summer for major construction along I-75, between Pierce Avenue and Arkwright Road.

Rick Armstrong of Owens Cross Roads, Ala., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Choo Choo Division tournament on Lake Guntersville Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 26 pounds, 6 ounces.

Temperatures in the low teens - and wind chills as low as 0 - greeted metro Atlanta schoolkids and morning commuters Friday, with afternoon highs expected to barely make it above freezing.

School officials in parts of Metro Atlanta will be closed Friday as frigid temperatures blast across the area.