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60 arrested Chatsworth cockfighting ring
CHATSWORTH , Ga. (AP) — Dozens of people are facing animal cruelty charges after a cockfighting raid in north Georgia. Murray County Sheriff Howard Ensley said officers raided a cockfighting site...
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Calhoun ready for Kindergarten
Calhoun Primary School will soon be hosting its annual “Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten.” The workshop is for parents/guardians of children entering Kindergarten during the 2010-2011 school year...
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2 lanes of I-75 closed this morning for repairs
The Georgia Department of Transportation is advising motorists in Northwest Georgia of a lane closure on I-75 between Exits 278 and 285, scheduled for Monday. The two left lane of I-75 northboun...
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Caroline Thorman: 'The Lord has opened the door for me'
The Amazon River will be the home of local resident Caroline Thorman for nine weeks this summer as an intern missionary in Brazil. “I don’t think you can get the full experience of being a mission...
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Seize the Daylight
Time has come again for clocks to “spring forward” and for people to lament “losing” an hour of sleep. Daylight Saving Time ( DST ) begins this weekend with the official ch...
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Gordon County under thunderstorm warning
Western Gordon County and Northern Floyd County have been placed under a thunderstorm warning until 1 p.m. by the National Weather Service. Overnight lows are expected to be in the low 50’s...
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Savings inside the March 13th issue of the Calhoun Times
Inserts: Office Depot Toys R Us Kmart Kroger CVS Pizza Hut Ingles JCPenney Rack Room Ads: Black Tie Limousine Service – Reserve now for prom, weddings & special occasions! See our ad ...
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Jeremy Rogers (left) of Calhoun and his mom Audrey Rogers make their way to the Gordon County Library in the rain on Wednesday. According to the Georgia Library Association, Wednesday, March 10 was Georgia Library Day. (Tricia Dillard/Calhoun Times) Weather today, more rain
Don’t put away the umbrellas just yet says the National Weather Service. There is an 80 percent chance that rain will continue today with southeast winds at 9 mph. The high is expected to b...
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Board signs on to broadband plan
by Diane Wagner, Rome News-Tribune
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The Floyd County Commission agreed Tuesday to partner with Appalachian Valley Fiber Network LLC on an application for up to $19 million in federal stimulus package money to expand broadband access ...
Calhoun BOE called meeting
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The Calhoun City Board of Education will have a special called board meeting on Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 4 p.m. at 380 Barrett Rd.
Kelly Services to offer placements for health care, IT workers
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Kelly Services in Rome has announced it will now provide specialized health care, IT and scientific workers to hospitals, physicians’ offices, medical centers, clinical research organizations, indu...
Anarchism's lament
by Jerry Smith
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Let me begin this column referring to all of us older in years by a word not used often in polite society. Before the word is introduced it needs to be noted that someone is sure to conclude that t...
Meth trafficker pleads guilty, government asks for 20 years
by John Bailey
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Only three months after he’d been released from prison, area drug task force agents began hearing a Kingston man was back in business. But they weren’t hearing stories of a reformed criminal. Barr...
Census bureau alerting households to expect forms
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The U.S. Census Bureau today began mailing advance letters to about 120 million addresses nationwide, notifying households that 2010 Census forms will be arriving March 15-17. The one-page letter u...
SHS JV boys take home first win
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The Sonoraville JV Boys soccer team recorded their first win of the season by defeating Mt. Zion of Carroll County 8-4. The Eagles of Mt. Zion got off to a quick start and took an early 3-0 lead, ...
Handel received campaign contributions from family opposed to 411 Connector
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Karen Handel, who challenged the 411 Connector road project this week as a stealth piece of the controversial Northern Arc, received at least $12,200 in campaign contributions from a family opposed...

U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington, May 21, 2009.   REUTERS/Larry Downing/FilesAP - With a fresh sense of urgency, President Barack Obama and congressional Democratic leaders pressed wavering rank-and-file lawmakers to back his health care overhaul, determined to give the party something to show voters in the midterm elections.


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FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2010 file photo, driver James Sikes talks about his experiences in his Toyota Prius during a news conference held at Toyota of El Cajon in El Cajon, Calif. A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy, File)AP - The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego freeway and acknowledged it may not be able to solve the mystery of what happened to the hybrid.


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Flooding on Main Street in Bound Brook, N.J., Sunday, March 14, 2010. Several inches of rain has fallen in the area causing the Raritan River to overflow. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)AP - A torrential rainstorm that brought heavy winds to the Northeast, downing trees, flooding roadways and knocking out power, continued to pour rain on New England on Monday.


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