Here's your roundup of top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Paulding, Douglas and Bartow counties for Dec. 30.
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Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school girls basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.
It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the boys here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.
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Here's your Dec. 28 roundup of high school boys basketball action for Bartow, Douglas, Paulding, Cherokee and Cobb counties.
It's all about holiday tournaments today, so much so that we're breaking the boys and girls scoreboards into separate files. Check out the scores and schedules for the girls here. If you have photos or videos from any of these matchups, we'd love to see them; just click on "Submit Photo & Video." You can post scores in the comments below, email them to GaPatchSports@gmail.com or send them to us on Twitter (@GaPatchSports). Come back Friday for the most complete results we can gather from Thursday's action. We're pulling in scores from Georgia Prep Country, Score Atlanta, Twitter, Facebook, school websites and the other media outlets cited below.
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Here's your roundup of some of the top stories from Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Douglas counties for Dec. 27.
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Here's the house you voted as the best decked in town in our Deck the House contest.
Congratulations to Jack Lowe, the Powder Springs-Lithia Springs Patch winner in our national Deck the House contest. Based on Patch users' votes, Lowe's house beat out a couple of other entries for the local title. Will Lowe be judged among the top 24 in the nation, winning $500 and giving local schools a chance at $100,000? Visit deckthehouse.patch.com Friday to find out, then vote on your favorite among the finalists that day and every day through Jan. 8. Meanwhile, you can check out all the winners from hundreds of Patches to see whay the national competition offers.
We're a couple of thousand years from Christmas being a celebration of the birth of a Jewish boy in Bethlehem, but maybe we can get back to a simpler, less violent holiday commercialism.
Take Patch with you around Powder Springs and Lithia Springs on your shiny new iPhone, Android phone, iPad or other mobile device.
If you found a new smartphone or tablet under the Christmas tree or beside the Hanukkah menorah, we know of one must-have application to get the most out of that mobile device around Powder Springs, Lithia Springs and beyond: Patch has apps for iPhones and Android phones that make it easy for you to stay connected. How can Patch help you on the go? Let us count the ways. Patch for iPhone puts all the news, weather, places and events in Powder Springs and Lithia Springs at your fingertips. Among the app’s features: You can save anything from favorite articles to business listings to your iPhone for easy offline access. And wherever you go, you can use the camera on your phone to add photos to your Patch Neighborhood Gallery. Have an …
The Lithia Springs soldier sends his holiday greetings home to Georgia from Kosovo.
Army National Guard Sgt. Christopher Key is serving at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo with NATO's Kosovo Force (Kfor). He sends this Christmas greeting home to Lithia Springs through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.
The Powder Springs soldier sends his holiday greetings home to Georgia from Afghanistan.
Army Master Sgt. Demetrius Evans is serving at Forward Operating Base Sharana in Afghanistan. He sends this Christmas greeting home to Powder Springs through the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System. To see all of the holiday wishes sent home to Georgia from military personnel, visit http://patch.com/bvaGD.
With the help of NORAD, we're following Santa Claus as he makes his way west toward Powder Springs and Lithia Springs.
Check out this link to see what Santa Claus sees as he makes his round-the-world trip on Christmas Eve, thanks to the Air Force's North American Aerospace Defense Command, known everywhere as NORAD. You also can follow Santa's progress on the interactive map above. According to NORAD, Santa should get to Powder Springs and Lithia Springs between 9 p.m. and midnight. To get the latest updates, call 877-HINORAD, and a friendly volunteer, usually from the armed forces, will help you out. (If you get a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine, be sure to offer thanks for serving our country so you can stay on Santa's good-child list.) Last year, NORAD handled more than 80,000 calls about Santa's progress, The Washington Post reports. While you wait, …
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