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Last Updated: 2:03 PM 11/26/10 - Police arrested two males Wednesday night and are looking for a third after an armed robbery that led to a two-county police chase.
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Proposed registry hot topic of forum

Area real estate professionals showed up Tuesday morning to speak on the pending ordinance that will create a countywide foreclosure registry in Rockdale County. (Full Story)

Homes for the holidays: Eight houses to be featured on popular tour

This year the Satsuki Garden Clubs popular tour of homes will take participants from town to country to explore homes historic and contemporary. (Full Story)

Local truckers make safety hall of fame

Bobby Bower of Covington and Richard Vonderheide of Conyers are good friends with more than just a profession in common. The two truck drivers were recently inducted into Brown Truckings Million Mile Safe Driving Driver Safety Hall of Fame. Both have driven more than 1 million miles for the company accident-free. A million miles is equivalent to about 40 trips around the world. (Full Story)

Advent service to celebrate Southern songs

Sounds from the historic South will be heard inside Old Church in Oxford when Meridian Herald hosts the 17th annual Southern Folk Advent Service at 4 p.m. Saturday. (Full Story)

Covington/Conyers Choral Guild presents seasonal show
Last Updated: 10:25 PM 11/25/10 - he Covington/Conyers Choral Guild wants to help you get in the holiday spirit. (Full Story)

Local woman donates Christmas tree for governor's mansion

Last Updated: 6:04 PM 11/24/10 - COVINGTON Poets and philosophers have observed for centuries variations on the theme of Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, and JoAnn Sims of Covington has definitely proven the adage true once again. (Full Story)

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Last Updated: 11:32 AM 11/25/10 - COVINGTON With deals on hundreds of items on Black Friday and around the holidays, its easy for shoppers to get carried away with spending on both themselves and for others. (Full Story)

Transplant gives woman new breath

Last Updated: 5:59 PM 11/24/10 - COVINGTON Jo Ellen Kimball was a healthy 33-year-old with two young sons, a husband and a job as a fourth-grade teacher at East Newton Elementary when she began noticing a persistent cough and shortness of breath. (Full Story)

Rockdale wrestlers begin season with 4-1 day

Alcovy girls, Newton boys emerge victorious

BISHER: Even the in-state hate has lost its sting

Alcovy hosting weekend girls hoops tourney

Eastside grad Ellwanger wins breaststroke at invitational

Right at home: Five local houses to be featured in annual tour

RECIPE BOX: Pesto parmesan pasta can make a great family meal

RICH: What will you think about on your deathbed?

SCHLICHENMEYER:Dog Who Couldnt Stop Loving offers a real treat for animal lovers

Blue Christmas: First Baptist Conyers collecting jeans for homeless

OUR VIEW: Blushing to help save lives

OUR VIEW: Five years later, New Orleans still in danger

OUR VIEW: Elections need to be cleaned up

OUR VIEW: Our students need a push to success

SIMPSON: Criminals are not welcome in our town

HUCKABY: The story of a real writers birth

THOMAS: American dream is in jeopardy

HUCKABY: An expanding list of thankfulness

Readers Choice Awards 2010
What our readers like about Rockdale and Newton counties. (Full Story)

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More than just trees at Hampton farm
The most enjoyable part of having a tree farm is watching families choose one for Christmas, said Earl Worthington, on the eve of the busiest tree-selection period of the year.
Leadership group hosts empowerment event
Stockbridge resident, LaTangie Montgomery, runs a home-goods company, called Tangerine Made, out of her home.
Drivers advised to be careful during holiday travel
The Georgia State Patrol is asking drivers to use caution as they travel during this Thanksgiving holiday period.
Youngsters celebrate Native American History Month
Did you know the Milky Way was created from a trail of cosmic dust left by a flying dog, as it fled a tribe of drum-banging Native Americans?
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Agape International Ministries hosts blood-donation drive
Manhunt for theft suspect ends in arrest
A two-month search for a McDonough man wanted in connection with a host of theft cases, is over.

If Woods has answers, he's keeping them to himself
Over the course of a year, almost everything we knew about Tiger Woods has been turned on its head. He touched new lows, both personal and professional.
Gimmicks, longer hours greet Black Friday shoppers
After weeks of "Black Friday" sales pitches, the real thing is finally here. Retailers are ushering in the traditional kickoff of the U.S. holiday shopping season on Friday with expanded hours, deep discounts and online deals to draw bargain-hungry shoppers.
Turkey Day treats: Lawrenceville church feeds families, seniors
Twelve gallons of green beans, 52 pounds of potatoes, 15 dozen eggs and enough desserts to give North Georgia a toothache illustrated the philanthropic core of Thanksgiving in downtown Lawrenceville.
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Families live up to honor
When a new school is named after someone, family members say its a high regard.
Officials OK funding for Harbins Park
Nearly two years after a political stumbling block stopped the design of a new park, Commissioner Mike Beaudreau is excited the project will move forward.
A night of lights and sights
Wyatt Dasher sits on the shoulders of his dad Charles Dasher and turns just in time to see Santa Claus arrive at the Square on Thursday in downtown Lawrenceville.

Officials conduct emergency drill
Julie Avery calmly transported her friends through a maze of Henry County emergency personnel en route to get them medical treatment.

CSU Big Band to celebrate jazzy decade
Clayton State Universitys Department of Visual and Performing Arts has announced its Clayton Community Big Band will celebrate 10 years of music with a free jazz concert on Monday, at 7:30 p.m., in Spivey Hall.

Rotarians serve holiday meal to seniors
As Marion Rich prepared to dig into a meal of turkey and dressing, vegetables and rolls, the Rev. Robert L. Henderson, Sr., Butts Countys District 2 commissioner, prayed over her meal, and others, inside the gym at the Butts County Community Center.
Can-a-Thon, Christmas Stocking Fund Drive begin
The Annual Holiday Can-a-thon and Christmas Stocking Fund Drive in Butts County has begun. In an effort to make the holidays, and the rest of the coming year, brighter and more comfortable for less fortunate members of the community, the City of Jackson, Trucks, Inc., and Harry Lewis are sponsoring the drive.
Jackson woman sentenced on drug charges; receives 30 years after guilty verdict
A Jackson woman found guilty last week on drug charges was sentenced to 30 years in prison, authorities said.
New heating system coming to Community Center; Board ok's $20,000 for materials
As winter approaches, users of the Butts County Community Center may soon be basking in the comfort of a new heating and air system.
It's syrup-making time at Dauset Trails; Skills of past demonstrated
Dauset Trails Nature Center invited the public to step back into bygone days at harvest time, on Saturday, Nov. 20. The staff and friends of Dauset Trails worked at making cane syrup and demonstrating blacksmith skills at the Acorn Forge in the Farm Animal area of the nature center, so that others might experience the sights, sounds, scents, and even tastes that were once a part of fall on farms in middle Georgia.
'Lillian Cowell Day' proclaimed in Flovilla
Thursday, Nov. 18, was declared Lillian Cowell Day in Flovilla, as the City Council member and community volunteer was surprised with a luncheon in her honor at Flovilla City Hall.

Area real estate professionals showed up Tuesday morning to speak on the pending ordinance that will create a countywide foreclosure registry in Rockdale County.

This year the Satsuki Garden Clubs popular tour of homes will take participants from town to country to explore homes historic and contemporary.

Bobby Bower of Covington and Richard Vonderheide of Conyers are good friends with more than just a profession in common. The two truck drivers were recently inducted into Brown Truckings Million Mile Safe Driving Driver Safety Hall of Fame. Both have driven more than 1 million miles for the company accident-free. A million miles is equivalent to about 40 trips around the world.

Sounds from the historic South will be heard inside Old Church in Oxford when Meridian Herald hosts the 17th annual Southern Folk Advent Service at 4 p.m. Saturday.

he Covington/Conyers Choral Guild wants to help you get in the holiday spirit.

COVINGTON Poets and philosophers have observed for centuries variations on the theme of Mighty oaks from little acorns grow, and JoAnn Sims of Covington has definitely proven the adage true once again.

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