Elementary school students set to demonstrate technology Feb. 7

Feb 4, 2012 12:00:00 PM - Morgan County Citizen

Morgan County Elementary School (MCES) students will demonstrate their technological prowess on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at a "Working on the Work," or WOW, Rodeo Round-Up night at the school. The county's third, fourth and fifth graders will present programs like...

Planning Commission OKs opthamology office

Feb 4, 2012 12:00:00 PM - Morgan County Citizen

The Morgan County Planning Commission granted a Conditional Use permit Jan.26 to an ophthalmologist who is seeking an office at 2151 Eatonton Road. Jose Bigles-Geigel, a doctor at Vision Care, said his plans include a clinic that would also serve as an...

The Citizen talks shop with Morgan Memorial’s new CEO

Feb 4, 2012 12:00:00 PM - Morgan County Citizen

In an e-mail interview, Morgan Memorial’s newest Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Castillo, laid out his vision for the hospital while reflecting on his past, present and future achievements. Q: What drew you to Morgan Memorial? A: In terms of why I applied...

Planning meeting attracts about 300

Feb 4, 2012 12:00:00 PM - Morgan County Citizen

Community turns out for system’s strategic planning meeting last week Staff Writer The Morgan County School System took strategic planning directly to the teachers, parents and students it affects last Tuesday at Morgan County Elementary School. “The only...

Super Bowl-winning coach challenges dads to step up

Feb 4, 2012 11:59:00 AM - 11 Alive

Dunwoody, GA -- On the third Friday of every month, the cafeteria at Dunwoody Elementary School fills with dozens of dads and their kids for a program called All Pro Dads, founded by former NFL player and coach Tony Dungy. "The idea of having a set day,...

Jennifer Leslie

Atlanta Airport Marriott Gateway Receives LEED Silver Certification

Feb 4, 2012 11:56:00 AM - Meetings and Conventions

Today: Showers. High near 60.

Feb 4, 2012 11:36:00 AM - Calhoun Times

Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Tonight: Showers. Low around 53. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Sunday: A 30...

Smyrna Police search for missing 9-year-old boy

Feb 4, 2012 11:29:00 AM - 11 Alive

Smyrna, GA -- The Smyrna Police Department is searching for a little boy who's been missing since about 7 p.m. on Friday night. Kevin Perez, 9, was last seen in front of his home in the Carriage House Apartments on Windy Hill Road. He is 4 feet tall and...

Jennifer Leslie

Book Signing!

Feb 4, 2012 11:28:00 AM - Canton-Sixes Patch

Location: Buffalo's Cafe 1625 Ball Ground Hwy, Canton, GA When: February 11, 2012 Time: 1:00 pm–4:00 pm Andi Neal is local author who has just published her first book Unraveled. Her first Pre-Release Book Signing is going to be on Saturday February...

Law Enforcement Reports • February 2, 2012 edition

Feb 4, 2012 11:16:00 AM - Morgan County Citizen

• On Jan. 22 a theft of mislaid property complaint was filed at the Madison Police Department after a woman reported that sometime between 4 and 5 a.m. she noticed that she had lost a bottle of Percocet pills. The woman said she believes she lost the...

Obama presses Congress on home refinancing plan

Feb 4, 2012 11:56:00 AM - USA Today

President Obama is urging Americans to press Congress to pass his latest home refinancing plan -- something he admits will be difficult to do. "In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans, we need Congress to act," he said in his weekly...

Richard Wolf

N.Y. town still baffled by teens' mysterious tics

Feb 4, 2012 11:28:00 AM - CNN

Editor's note: Tune in to "Dr. Drew" on HLN next week at 9 ET/6 PT for the latest on the investigation into this strange illness that's causing 15 teens to suffer uncontrollable twitching and outbursts. (CNN) -- In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one...

US seeks deeper European co-operation to confront tyrants, reassures Europe on security

Feb 4, 2012 10:15:00 AM - Globe and Mail

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens to a speech during the 18th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Dec. 6, 2011. The U.S. on Saturday called for stepped-up U.S.-European co-operation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime...

Matthew Lee

Worker trapped under Boeing 787 tires is rescued

Feb 4, 2012 9:58:00 AM - Boston Globe

EVERETT, Wash.Officials say emergency crews have rescued a worker who was temporarily trapped beneath the tires of a Boeing 787 jetliner at an Everett, Wash., airfield.Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane...

US seeks deeper European cooperation to confront tyrants, reassures Europe on security

Feb 4, 2012 9:51:00 AM - Washington Post

MUNICH The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis. And, as...

Video: U.S. unemployment rate down to 8.3%

Feb 4, 2012 8:35:00 AM - Globe and Mail

The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth � 2012 The Globe and Mail Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Obama's contraceptives-for-Catholics

Feb 4, 2012 7:22:00 AM - Chicago Tribune

The Catholic Church is up in arms over an administration mandate that will force Catholic colleges, hospitals and charitable groups to cover contraceptives in the health insurance they provide for students or employees. I think the administration is in...

Steve Chapman

Obama, Merkel and Putin are at war with reason

Feb 4, 2012 7:15:00 AM - Globe and Mail

Randy Quan for The Globe and Mail In a perfectly reasonable world, the entire economic future of Greece and Italy would not depend on provincial election outcomes in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Nor would the severity of Irans...

DOUG SAUNDERS

U.S. Army drops charges against last soldier in Afghan

Feb 4, 2012 7:10:00 AM - Chicago Tribune

_ SEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, officials from their home base near Tacoma, Washington, said on Friday. Army Specialist...

Laura L. Myers

Obama the most polarizing president? Maybe not.

Feb 4, 2012 6:50:00 AM - Washington Post

Obama: The most polarizing president. Ever. That was the headline on a January 30 blog post on The Fix, the Posts very popular politics blog, by reporters Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake. The post was based on a Gallup study of the average gap between poll...

Patrick B. Pexton