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Officials delay changing fiscal year
by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
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Though Villa Rica officials have long considered changing the city’s fiscal year to one that’s more conducive to having a better grasp of revenue streams when forming the annual budget, it won’t ha...

Shriners use soda can tabs for charitable mission
by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
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Many people associate the Shriners with parades and believe all they do is drive around in funny cars to the delight of children, but they are as charitable as they are lovable. The Shriners raise...
City budget process begins quietly
by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
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Few surprises came out of last week’s work session called by Villa Rica City Manager Larry Wood to gauge the financial wishes of the mayor and City Council for the upcoming fiscal year. As opposed...

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  • December jobless rates up slightly
    by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
    01.27.12 - 11:58 pm
  • Game on at Just Games
    by Amy K. Lavender/The Tallapoosa Journal
    01.27.12 - 11:57 pm
  • 40 percent of home sales are foreclosures
    by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
    01.26.12 - 11:57 pm
  • Officials delay changing fiscal year
    by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
    01.26.12 - 09:03 am
  • Shriners use soda can tabs for charitable mission
    by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
    01.26.12 - 09:03 am
  • City budget process begins quietly
    by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
    01.26.12 - 09:02 am
  • Man pleads guilty to role in student's death
    by Kelly Quimby/Times-Georgian
    01.25.12 - 11:59 pm

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    Hit-and-run driver kills local soldier
    by Spencer Crawford/Villa Rican
    6 months ago | 3 3 comments | 23 23 recommendations | email to a friend
    A Villa Rica soldier was killed by a hit-and-run driver outside Fort Hood, Texas, early Friday morning, just weeks before he was to be sent to the Middle East for his fourth tour of duty. James Mi...
    Bowdon’s Drew Roberts puts a tag on Villa Rica’s Cody Sauls, who beat the throw to steal second base early in Monday’s 5-4 Wildcat win, played a day early because of today’s forecasted precipitation. (Ricky Stilley/Times-Georgian)
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    RALLY CATS: VR EDGES BOWDON
    by Clark Leonard/Times-Georgian
    23 months ago | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
    Getting thrown out in a rundown after getting too far off second base on a fielder’s choice in the second inning wasn’t Chris Adair’s best moment on Monday. But the senior made sure that play was...
    Amphitheater project back on schedule after weather delays
    by Spencer Crawford/The Villa Rican
    2 years ago | 1 1 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
    Villa Rica’s amphitheater project is progressing toward completion and the Downtown Development Authority is seeking those who would like to leave their mark on the city’s newest downtown project. ...

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    Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky sits in his car with his wife Dottie after departing from a preliminary hearing in BellefonteHARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) - Former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is under house arrest on charges of child sexual abuse, has asked a Pennsylvania court to allow supervised visits with his grandchildren that are now prohibited. Sandusky, 67, faces 52 criminal charges that he molested 10 boys over a 15 year period and has been tethered to his house under the terms of his release on bail in December that barred contact with anyone under age 18. He has maintained his innocence. ...


    Sat Jan 28 11:00:45 UTC 2012

    People watch the Welcome Home Heroes Parade in downtown St. Louis, MissouriST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis on Saturday cheering on marchers in a parade honoring veterans of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nation's first major welcome to soldiers since the end of the Iraq War. Crowds of parade-goers stretched a mile through the center of the city on a crisp winter's day, many waving American flags, with the metallic Gateway Arch glistening in the background in an event reminiscent of parades following World War One and World War Two. ...


    Sat Jan 28 18:40:02 UTC 2012
    (Reuters) - Authorities have found blood at the Waterville, Maine, home where a missing 20-month-old girl vanished six weeks ago and have serious doubts she was abducted, police said on Saturday. Toddler Ayla Reynolds of Waterville was last seen when her father, Justin DiPietro, put her to bed on December 16, according to police reports at the time. DiPietro reported Ayla as missing from the house early the next morning, and hundreds of police officers and local residents searched the area for the girl. But authorities have since said that they suspect foul play. ...
    Sat Jan 28 15:01:26 UTC 2012

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