New operators take over Ray gas station and convenience storeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:00PMRocky Mountain Trucking took over operations of Gas-N-All in Ray July 1, after signing a five month lease June 1, with an option to buy. Clark Heringer, a managing member of Rocky Mountain Trucking, is confident they’ll buy the property at the scheduled time in December.
Schools back move to personal laptopsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:20PMThree Otago integrated schools which have introduced personal laptops or netbooks say parents have supported the move. read more
Butts Co. officials discuss division of SPLOST proceedsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:07AMOfficials from each of Butts County’s municipalities offered input Monday on the language that is expected to be put on the ballot in a county-wide sales tax referendum this November, and the language of an agreement to divide the proceeds among various governments.
Heat wave worse on poorest communitiesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:00AMWith much of the nation in the grip of a broiling heat wave, few people are hit as hard as the poor, and few places are poorer than the ramshackle communities along the Texas-Mexico border known as "colonias."
Out of options, Borders Group could start liquidation by FridayTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:13AMThere will be no storybook ending for Borders. As early as Friday, the 40-year-old bookseller could start liquidating its 399 stores, including 15 in Massachusetts.