Tallapoosa News

Amy K. Lavender/The Tallapoosa Journal A tree decorated with Southeast Conference sports memorabilia and ornaments is the main feature in one of the 14 rooms inside Allen's Florist on Head Avenue in Tallapoosa.

This Christmas may be quite difficult for many local families due to the economic troubles at hand, so parents and guardians in need of assistance to make their childa s holiday special are invited to visit any school in the Haralson County system to pick up and drop off applications for toys through the Toys for Tots program: an effort the system ...

Last week, State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox officially named Georgia's Title 1 Distinguished Schools at the State Board of Education meeting, and Tallapoosa Primary and Buchanan Primary were both on that list.

Three individuals believed to be responsible for several indoor marijuana grow operation locations have been arrested in Paulding County.

The old saying declares that desperate times call for desperate measures, but Tallapoosa Police say one mana s actions went too far when he allegedly began selling faulty laptops from the trunk of his car.

Contributed by Operation Christmas Child Volunteers with Samaritan's Purse transport Operation Christmas Child shoe box gifts to poor children in a remote area of Zimbabwe.

This week marks another beginning for local government in the cities of Tallapoosa and Buchanan, where newly-elected council members have been granted the chance to introduce and implement plans that will enhance the quality of life in their communities following their wins in the municipal elections that concluded Tuesday night.

This summer Southeast High School had two students - Danielle Carroll and Cassie Rodgers - compete at the national level in FCCLA STAR Events and receive Gold metals.

Next Saturday the streets of Haralson County will rumble with the sound of more than one hundred motorcycles as they make their way through an 80-mile course to benefit the Haralson County Veterans Association, not to mention the sound of dozens of tennis-shoe clad feet pounding the streets as runners participate in the walk/run to benefit the HCVA ...

Ita s that time of year again: when children will dress up like their favorite characters and hit the streets of Haralson County in search of candy.

With the help of several West Georgia law enforcement agencies, the Tallapoosa Police Department discovered drug paraphernalia and products that fueled the operation of a a oevery sophisticateda marijuana plant that was being run in a building on 330 Golf Course Rd.

This week, you may have notice a few extra barks coming from one of the buildings in downtown Tallapoosa on Highway 78.

World War II veteran Earnest Coggins, 90, of Tallapoosa, Ga., has been participating in stock dog trials for about 50 years.

The World Children's Center is a master planned community being built on 710 acres in Tallapoosa, GA.

In the regularly scheduled meeting for the Tallapoosa City Council Monday night, the council approved a resolution to enter into an agreement with G. Ben Turnipseed Engineers of Atlanta.

Contributed photo/Julie Spires Buchanan Primary students pretend to be asleep while the smoke detector goes off as part of a fire evacuation demonstration led by clown-suited firefighters from the West Georgia Regional Fire Safety Coalition.

Each time Georgia proposes damming the Chattahoochee, Etowah or Tallapoosa rivers, or any of their tributaries, Florida and Alabama unleash a torrent of lawsuits and bureaucratic protests to kill the proposed reservoir.

A man selling magazines door-to-door in Cookeville has been charged with disorderly conduct after a disturbance in a neighborhood.

Today the city of Tallapoosa will have its final show in the Possum Pickina Concert Series for the year; however, they plan to end the season with a bang.

The West Georgia Museum of Tallapoosa is collecting decorated Christmas trees for the Christmas Tree Fantasy display at the museum, which in past years has showcased trees adorned with ornaments ranging from popcorn to pine cones.