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Cast your votes for the "Best of Walker"
The Walker County Chamber of Commerce and the Walker County Messenger are sponsoring the third annual “Best of Walker” contest, in which residents are encouraged to vote for their favorites in loc...
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Balloons & Tunes Festival makes it possible to save on overnight lodging
Friends and family traveling to the Balloons & Tunes Festival from out of town can save money at select local hotels when they mention they are attending the festival. Visit www.balloonsandtun...
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The Marksmen Quartet, from left, Mark Wheeler, Davey Waller, Earle Wheeler, Darrin Chambers and Mark Autry will appear in Chickamauga on Sept. 12. 2010 Dove nominees to bring traditional mountain sounds to Chickamauga
The award-winning Marksmen Quartet will bring their unique style of gospel music to the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church, located at 2373 Hog Jowl Road in Chickamauga, Sunday, Sept. 12 at 10:30 a.m. The ...
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This year’s Balloons & Tunes Festival will feature 10 hot air balloons, a balloon glow and tethered balloon rides. The Balloons & Tunes Festival will take place at the North Georgia Industrial Park in Rock Spring on Sept. 24 through Sept. 26. Hot air balloons take flight at the Balloons & Tunes Festival
Ten hot air balloons will make an appearance in northwest Georgia Sept. 24 through Sept. 26 at the Balloons & Tunes Festival, sponsored by the Walker County Chamber of Commerce. The balloons a...
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Shaw announces this year’s fall flooring event
Shaw Floors announces the launch of the company’s fall promotion model, Fall Flooring Event 2010. Beginning Sept. 24 and ending Nov. 8, Shaw’s annual fall promotion is designed to assist retailers...
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This is one of the pictures from Heather Koplan’s Model Mayhem profile. Ringgold resident to be featured in TV show
Former Ringgold resident and 2003 Ringgold High School graduate Heather Koplan will have a role in an upcoming episode of ABC’s “Castle.” Koplan will be in a funeral scene playing the part of Sara...
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LFO student takes home gold in Athens livestock sheep show
Seventeen-year-old Zach Autwell drove the lamb that won the grand championship in the livestock sheep show in Athens on Saturday, Sept. 21. Autwell is a senior at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High Sch...
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Savings in the September 3 edition of the Walker County Messenger
Save money by taking advantage of these offers from Walker County Messenger advertisers. Don’t want to miss out on the values advertisers place in the paper? Click here to subscribe for conveni...
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Heritage High School’s Chili Fiesta set for Sept. 11
by Mark Andrews
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The Heritage High School marching band on Saturday, Sept. 11, will host its second annual chili cook-off, known as the Heritage Chili Fiesta. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Herita...
Tiger Creek students and Ringgold cheerleaders celebrate math
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Tiger Creek Elementary School held its annual Title 1 meeting Thursday, Aug. 26 with a theme of TCE Thursday Night Football Math Night. Students and parents wore their team jerseys, participated in...
Ringgold business induct members in Girls’ Night Out Hall of Fame
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UnikTings! and United Gift Shop, both in Ringgold, have new inductees for their Girls’ Night Out Hall of Fame. Ringgold’s Girls’ Night Out began in April 2008 as a way to let Ringgold residents vi...
Black lab mix dog needs a home
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Lucy is a small black lab mix about 45 pounds found abandoned at Heritage High School. This sweet but shy girl is learning to trust people. She is spayed, current on all veterinary care and likes b...
State director of Drugs Don’t Work to address Walker County Chamber of Commerce
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Chuck Wade, CEO at the Council on Alcohol and Drugs and the state of Georgia director for Drugs Don’t Work will address the Walker County Chamber of Commerce at the September membership luncheon Tu...
Shaw joins Make It Right for Hurricane Katrina 5th anniversary
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Shaw Industries Group, Inc. will join the Make It Right Foundation in New Orleans to mark the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Shaw has been a partner of Make It Right since founder Brad Pitt...
Boynton Lions Club honors members for serving others
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The Boynton Lions Club honored Lions Ralph and Audrey Cooper of Rossville at a recent meeting at Boynton Methodist Church fellowship hall. The Coopers were recognized for their service to Catoosa ...
West Side Elementary celebrates AYP with balloon launch
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West Side Elementary School students participated in a balloon launch. The school was celebrating making Adequate Yearly Progress for the school year 2009-2010. All the grades congregated in an ope...
French 'Spider-Man' in Sydney court over climb (AP)

French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere Residential building in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Robert, nicknamed 'Spiderman' was arrested Monday after scaling the 57-story building in Sydney with his bare hands. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spider-Man" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.


Thu Sep 02 23:27:51 -0500 2010
Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from NY jail (AP)

FILE-In a Nov.10, 2009 file photo, Robert 'Joe' Halderman, who tried to blackmail David Letterman over the comedian's office affairs, listens as his attorney Gerald Shargel speaks to the media outside Manhattan criminal court following his court appearance in New York. Halderman was released from a New York City jail Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. He served four months of his six-month sentence and got time off for good behavior. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano,File)AP - The former television producer who tried to blackmail David Letterman was freed Thursday after four months in jail for a plot that put a spotlight on the comic icon's office affairs, city Correction Department records show.


Thu Sep 02 22:30:57 -0500 2010
Rapper T.I. comeback could be derailed with arrest (AP)

FILE - Rapper T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris speaks to reporters outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Courthouse in Atlanta, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. Police say Rapper T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle have been arrested in West Hollywood for possession of a controlled substance late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)AP - After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall.


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