Today: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming north between 5 and 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Sunday: Sunny, with a high ...
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...
Walker County Sheriff’s Office report: Aug. 25-31, 2010 These people were booked into the Walker County Detention Center during Aug. 25-31. Those with charges are innocent until they plead guilty or are proven guilty in a court of law. The charges incl...
Lake Winnepesaukah salutes emergency personnel Sept. 11 In admiration of the heroic contributions of emergency service personnel on 9-11, Lake Winnepesaukah will honor emergency medical technicians, police, firefighters and military personnel and their...
Walker County's "Most Wanted": Michael Jameson Burchfield Michael Jameson Burchfield is wanted for theft by taking. Burchfield is a white male, (born May 25, 1974), blue eyes, brown hair, 5 feet 9 inches and 240 pounds. The Walker County Sheriff’s Office...
Man arrested for burglary at LaFayette pharmacy The person believed to have broken into Medi-Thrift Pharmacy in LaFayette on Sunday, July 11, and stolen sev-eral hundred pain pills has been arrested. Jeremy Shane Edwards was arrested for the b...
Weather: Partly cloudy, high 90 Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly cloudy, with a high near 90. Calm wind becoming west between 10 and 15 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. To...
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.balloonsandtunesfe...
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 are c...
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Today: Sunny, with a high near 94. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Friday: A 30 percent chance of show...
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...
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...
Fort Oglethorpe’s annual outdoor family festival, Labor Day at The Post, will be held Monday, Sept. 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the polo field on Barnhardt Circle. The festivities kick off wit...
Today: Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 9...
Faced with a stalled economy, the president nonetheless took to the airwaves today for a Labor Day weekend address to tell Americans — particularly the middle class — they'd be worse off without his economic policies and to take credit for 'stopping the bleeding' before sprint to midterm elections.
Police are searching for a woman suspected of throwing a powerful acid in the face of an Arizona mother in an incident that comes just days after a Vancouver woman (pictured) was left with severe burns to her face and chest in an eerily similar attack
Craigslist has apparently closed the adult services section of its website after state attorneys general said it couldn't adequately block potentially illegal ads promoting prostitution and child trafficking