Manchester News

The Lamar County Middle School Trojans stopped Manchester 25-12 last week and will play for the division title today.

William Rudd, a 64-year-old retiree from Salem, has collected more than 1,500 prizes including food, gift certificates and other goodies under the state lottery's "Replay" program, which gives losing lottery tickets a second chance to win.

Laura Banks, a sophomore at Shorter College , has been selected to receive a UPS Scholarship.

Anti-gay protesters were arrested in Georgia. No, not Westboro Baptist. Manchester, Ga., police have an interesting approach to stopping anti-gay picketers, a tactic that sounds a wee bit unconstitutional.

Anti-gay demonstrator Chris Pettigrew holds the sign that supposedly got him, and Pastor Billy Ball and of Faith Baptist Church, "arrested multiple times" in Manchester, Georgia, while canvassing "a public street corner telling people to repent and declaring homosexuality a sin." Supposedly, the pair were arrested by town cops for demonstrating ...

Though Topeka, Kansas anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church and its leader, Fred Phelps, makes headlines every few weeks for anti-gay street preaching with attitude--members of the congregation wave signs reading "God Hates Fags" and other slogans--the Rev.

On July 16, nearly 500 community volunteers will converge on Alumni Field for the 56th annual Manchester Chicken Broil.

US aluminum alloy producer G&S Metal Consultants on Wednesday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the US Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana and expects to continue normal operations throughout the restructuring process.

Saturday-Sunday, June 20-21: The Middle Georgia youth sports all-star and recreation team tournaments will be held at Freedom Park.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Meriwether County Sheriffa s Department and Manchester Police Department are searching for two individuals wanted in connection with an assault on two GBI agents.