Lumpkin News

Bethel Baptist Church, 59 N. Main St., will host the 20th annual Emancipation Proclamation Observance and Pioneer awards program at 11 a.m. Jan.

Georgia will use $42 million in local, state, federal and private funding to create a 260-mile fiber optic loop for broadband access through eight North Georgia counties, Vice President Joe Biden and Gov.

Snow accumulations of up to an inch or two are possible in the north Georgia mountains late tonight and tomorrow... with light accumulations of a half-inch or less in other parts of north Georgia.

Byne to present its Tea and Tour ALBANY - Byne Christian School will hold its Christmas Tea and Tour of Homes Saturday.

TED WILLIAMS .30-06 Q : I own a Sears .30-06 bolt-action rifle, serial number U162XXX, that is in excellent condition.

Official weather bulletin from the National Weather Service in Peachtree City, GA: A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

Published: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 5:11 a.m. The Obama administration is looking to convert hotels and nursing homes into immigration detention centers and to build two model detention centers from scratch as it tries to transform the way the government holds people it is seeking to deport.

Officials say the River Road Pharmacy was not open when the fire broke out. Crews had the fire under control about an hour after they arrived at the scene.

Lumpkin residents say Todd Black is known around the small town for the garden behind his home on Chestnut Street.

Nearly $2 million in federal funds is headed to Gainesville to help combat homelessness in northeast Georgia.

This community has known since Nov. 2, 2004, that a mixed-use parking deck would be built downtown, when voters approved a list of 33 projects, including the deck, to be funded with a continuation of the 1 percent special-purpose local-option sales tax.

Lumpkin Cafe 98 Jot 'em Down 96 Chelsea's 83 Buddha Bar 92 Sons of Italy 74 Wendy's 95 Springhill Suites by Marriott 100 Scoops 98 Originally published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Sunday, July 19, 2009 WANT TO COMMENT? Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of the Athens Banner-Herald. Please read our Terms of Service .

Georgia-Arkansas kickoff time set for 7:45 p.m. Add another night game for Georgia football's early-season slate.

The fire that burned through the Georgia Theatre on Friday could scuttle or delay plans for a new parking deck next door.

A coalition of immigrant and civil rights groups held a vigil in front of the Atlanta headquarters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency last week to mark the three-month anniversary of Roberto Martinez Medina's death in immigrant detention in southwest Georgia.