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Kia announces completion of $100M expansion

Submitted by Fadell Pitts, Community Content Director

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012, 1:15pm

Kia announces completion of $100M expansion

From KMMG

WEST POINT, GA - Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) announced the completion of a $100 million expansion that has increased the annual production capacity of the plant from 300,000 vehicles annually to more than 360,000.

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Man arrested in LaGrange shootout

Submitted by Joshua Ninke, Community Web Producer

Thursday, December 29th, 2011, 3:23pm

LAGRANGE, GA - LaGrange Police responded to a report of gunshots on Handley St. Wednesday, Dec. 28 around 11:00 am.

Officers found that one victim had been shot in the leg. He was taken to the emergency room and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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Police seek suspect in burglary, assault case

Submitted by Toygar Ayla, Web News Producer

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011, 5:39pm

LAGRANGE, GA (WTVM) – Police in LaGrange are searching for a man accused of threatening an elderly, wheel-chair bound man in an attempted robbery.

The incident happened Tuesday morning shortly before 8 a.m. at a home on Butler Street.

The victim told police an unknown man came into his home, threatened him with an ice pick or screw driver and tried to steal money from his pants.

When the victim began yelling, the suspect ran away.

The suspect is described as a black male in his 20s, 5'7” to 5'8” with a medium build.

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Drive Sober Georgia offers free rides, smartphone app

Submitted by Fadell Pitts, Community Content Director

Monday, December 26th, 2011, 1:00pm

Drive Sober Georgia offers free rides, smartphone app

From the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety

ATLANTA - Although Georgia experienced an 11% reduction in impaired driving fatalities in 2010, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) is taking an extra step to ensure those statistics continue to fall.

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Recycle your old Christmas tree at West Point Lake

Submitted by Fadell Pitts, Community Content Director

Monday, December 26th, 2011, 11:26am

Recycle your old Christmas tree at West Point Lake

WEST POINT LAKE, AL/GA - The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at West Point Project will accept real Christmas trees, not artificial trees, for recycling December 27, 2011 through January 11, 2012. The Christmas trees can be dropped off in the parking lots of Yellowjacket Boat Ramp in Georgia and Rocky Point Boat Ramp in Alabama.

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Justice approves Georgia’s redistricting plans

Submitted by Fadell Pitts, Community Content Director

Monday, December 26th, 2011, 11:13am

Justice approves Georgia’s redistricting plans

From the Office of the Georgia Governor

The U.S. Department of Justice has approved the congressional and legislative maps passed into law this summer by the state of Georgia, the state’s elected leaders learned today. Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Georgia must receive approval from the federal government before any changes in election practices or procedures are implemented.

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