Tennga News

When Jimmy Hilliard was a boy, his home in Tennga on the Tennessee-Georgia line in north Murray County was a gathering spot for all the neighborhood kids.

For people who grew up in Tennga, it is much more than a crossroads on U.S. 411 at the state line.

When is the last time you mailed a letter? Some local U.S. Postal Service retail outlets across the state are struggling to keep their doors open to the public because people just don't send messages to others like they used to.

At least a half-dozen metro Atlanta U.S. Postal Service retail outlets may be headed for closure to help the financially troubled agency cut billions of dollars in costs.

The United Way of Northwest Georgia, in partnership with the American Red Cross, will provide a U.S. Department of Agriculture food distribution at Tennga Baptist Church on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.