August 2015 - Page 4 of 4 - Sightseers' Delight

LaGrange optimistic as it returns 13 starters for 2015

August 5, 2015 Express Telegraph

LaGrange is optimistic about its 2015 campaign. After a 5-5 finish in 2014, the Panthers return a total of 13 starters and 55 lettermen.

Huntingdon picked to win USA South conference

August 5, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Huntingdon was selected in a pre-season coaches poll to win the USA South conference.

Mercer announces start times for first five home games

August 5, 2015 Express Telegraph

Mercer announced the start times for its first five home games, all of which will be broadcast live on ESPN3 and on local radio.

Mercer opens preseason football camp tomorrow

August 4, 2015 Express Telegraph

Mercer football opens its fall practice at 8:45 a.m. tomorrow at Five Star Stadium with a helmet-only session.

News

Monuments to shootings remain ‘Nooga Strong’

August 4, 2015 Todd DeFeo

A month after five people were killed in a terrorist attack here, a pair of monuments remain “Nooga Stong.”

Railfanning.org continues to highlight role of railroads in Athens

August 4, 2015 Special to Express Telegraph

Railfanning.org continues to publish new content highlighting railroads and the role they played in the history of Athens and Northeast Georgia. The website, which focuses on all aspects of railroads, first launched a page dedicated to Athens circa 2005. Among the Athens-relevant content the website has published are articles about the Athens Terminal Co., the Gainesville Midland and the Hartwell Railroad, which operates The Athens Line through downtown Athens. It has also featured railfanning opportunities along Atlanta Highway.

Georgia

Bikers pay tribute to fallen Marine

August 1, 2015 Todd DeFeo

Thousands of motorcyclists turned Interstate 75 into a patriotic thoroughfare Saturday, August 1, as part of a ride to honor a U.S. Marine slain in a mass shooting at a pair of military installations July 16 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.