Haralson County News Archives

The Cedartown High School Lady Bulldogs volleyball season is beginning to wrap up.

New funds allotted by the Georgia Department of Transportation will allow the right-of-way acquisition for the Highway 61 Bypass in 2012.

Haralson County teachers put their teaching skills to the test as they read a oe7 Simple Secrets: What the Best Teachers Know and Do.a The book study intends to offer teachers a chance to tap into the best practices by their peers and is part of the systema s ongoing goal to provide quality education to students.

A child support dispute that occurred in Buchanan last Friday evening has left one man dead and another critically injured.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is helping sort out details of a fatal shooting over child support.

Soil test bags like these can be picked up at the Haralson County UGA Extension Office in Buchanan.

One man was killed and another critically injured Friday following a shooting in Haralson County on Friday, about an hour west of Atlanta.

Two people were shot at a Haralson County mobile home park Friday. Investigators said a woman and her husband went to the Corinth Road residence of the woman's ex-husband to pick up a child support payment.

Amy K. Lavender/The Tallapoosa Journal Haralson County Extension Agent Keena Hardin posts items to the 4-H bulletin board in the Haralson County Extension Office inviting area youths to a oeJump into 4-H.a 4-H will be hosting a Fun Day next month to help support 4-H activities in the area.

The Upper Tallapoosa Watershed Group celebrates its 10th annual river clean-up of the Little Tallapoosa today.

Haralson County Fire Chief Brian Walker says tips from the public helped lead to the conviction of Felton resident Kenneth Claude Reddish, who stood before the Haralson County Courthouse judge Wednesday for his role in the arson of a Felton house almost three years ago.

Adrienne Leon/The Haralson Gateway-Beacon Ricky Rich, the division director for Special Operations at the Governora s Office of Highway Safety, briefs local officers on the success of the Hand Across Boarder program over the past week before the start of the Labor Day Holiday weekend.

The Tallapoosa Upper Watershed Group is rounding up volunteers for their 10th annual river clean up of the Little Tallapoosa River, and for the first time, the environmental initiative expands to Haralson County.

Board of Education officials have agreed to accept "leave time" for a Haralson County principal arrested for DUI.

The U.S. 10K Classic is known for its hilly course and being one of the toughest races in Georgia.

Kersha Cartwright/Contributed photo Gladys Wilson and Ann Westmoreland meet with others each week in the kitchen at Buchanan United Methodist Church to pack backpacks for students at Buchanan Primary and Buchanan Elementary School.

The Bremen Board of Education voted to accept Bremen Fourth and Fifth Grade Academy Principal April Garnera s request for family leave under the Family Medical Leave Act at a special meeting on Tuesday.

The Haralson County Board of Commissioners plan to roll back the county millage rate again this year, Chairman Allen Poole said Tuesday in the commissionersa meeting.

A Rockmart man suspected of leading police on a chase through the countryside Aug.