Taliaferro County News

By DORIE TURNER ATLANTA - When Liz Fitzgerald realized that her son and daughter had to read books in math class while the other children caught up, she had them moved into gifted classes at their suburban Atlanta elementary school.Just 100 miles down the road in Taliaferro County, that wouldn't have been an option.

Vitter: Louisiana a capital of charter schools Nov. 20: Sen. David Vitter and Rice University professor Douglas Brinkley talk about the Louisiana's improving education system.

Local authorities recently arrested three Atlanta-area men in connection with the break-ins of several tractor-trailer trucks at Love's Travel Lodge near Thomson.

Ginger Smith's ninth-grade literature class diligently takes a writing quiz, and later some students click away at computers.

There is a precision to the execution process that is both comforting and unsettling.

A big scare for a lawman and a suspect on I-20, Friday afternoon. Take a look at this dash cam video from a Taliaferro County deputy.

Public approval of the President's health care reform plan is slipping. A new CBS poll shows it fell 6 points since July.

" This incorporated small town in Taliaferro County is likely the smallest incorporated town in Georgia.

Thomson Police Chief John Hathaway is again confronted with a shortage of officers.

Thomson Police Chief John Hathaway is again confronted with a shortage of officers.

The search for a replacement for Leeds City Schools Superintendent Dr. Billy Pack is now well underway.