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As we head into this New Year's weekend, please remember to be safe on the roadways and celebrate responsibly this New Year's Eve.  All LaFayette City Offices will be closed on Monday, New Year's Day.  Mondays trash route will run on Tuesday. The Walker County... Read More.

The Catoosa County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public to help find missing juvenile Aireanna Williams.  The 16-year-old was last seen early in the morning on Dec. 26th on Carriage Drive in Catoosa County.  The Sheriff's Office says she is believed to be... Read More.

A quick update on a story from yesterday.  Deputies in Chattooga County shot and killed a man suspected in the murder of a Summerville woman after authorities say he pulled a knife on them late Christmas Eve.  It all began with the discovery of... Read More.

Two people are dead after a Christmas Eve shooting in Summerville.  According to police, John Wayne Siffles - a 44-year-old male killed 50 year old Sherrie Leigh Little at her home on 4th street in Summerville.  Little's body was found off the roadway on Johnson... Read More.

Walker County Government offices will be closed around the holiday.  Walker County Government offices will be closed beginning today through Tuesday December 26th.  The county landfill will be closed tomorrow through Monday.  It will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday.  Both the landfill... Read More.

Two Walker County School Board members will go to court to keep their place on the board.  A judge has ruled that school board members Mike Carruth and Karen Harden will have to demonstrate to the court their right to hold office on the... Read More.

Just a reminder for next week as we get closer to Christmas.  All LaFayette City Offices will be closed on Monday, Christmas Day and Tuesday December 26th.  If your trash pick up is normally on Monday, next week your trash will be picked up... Read More.

Walker County celebrated it's 190th birthday yesterday.  During a ceremony at the Walker County Civic Center, officials announced a time capsule to be opened in 10 years for the county's 200th anniversary.  As part of the time capsule residents are encouraged to write letters to their... Read More.

Walker County will celebrate it's 190th anniversary today.  It's was 190 years ago today - December 18, 1833 when Georgia Govenor Wilson Lumpkin signed a bill that divided Murray County into two counties and created Walker County.  Today at 1pm at the Walker County Civic... Read More.

A 43-year-old Flintstone man was arrested yesterday on drug charges.  Eric Upshaw was found to be in possession of crack cocaine and powdered cocaine weighing 20 grams, 2 ounces of meth and 1 ½ pounds of marijuana.  Agents from the Drug Task Force served a search... Read More.

Last Wednesday a Walker County jury convicted 53-year-old Robert Allen Mowry of murder.  Mowry was convicted in the 1994 murder of James Richard Harris.  Harris was found dead in his driveway on Boss Road in Chickamauga on December 22, 1994.  Harris had been struck... Read More.

LaFayette is having problems with the "Amazing Christmas Light Show".  The lights are temporarily out of order.  A part has been ordered to repair the problem.  The lights are expected to be working again by tomorrow evening. There will be nightly road work on I-24... Read More.