Championships could help Cobb economy

Kennesaw State University will play host to the 2011 NCAA Division I Women's College Cup this weekend.  Tourism officials in Cobb County expect the women's soccer national championship to have a huge impact on the local economy.  Click the link below to find out how much money will be made from the festivities.

Click here for the full article, courtesy of the Marietta Daily Journal

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GHSA OK's reclassification (Update)

After at least two delays dating back to mid-October, the Georgia High School Association finally set the six classifications for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 academic years at a committee meeting in Thomaston on Monday.  Click the following links below for complete coverage.

Click here for the full list, courtesy of the GHSA

Access North Georgia

Albany Herald 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Augusta Chronicle/Columbia County News-Times

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer 

Coosa Valley News

Dalton Daily Citizen 


Macon Telegraph


The Times (Gainesville)

Thomasville Times-Enterprise 

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USG mulls mergers

Some of Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities could soon merge.  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the University System of Georgia is considering how close some of the institutions are to each other, as well as whether those schools have duplicate programs.  There's no word on which colleges might be targeted for consolidation at this time.

Click here for the full story, courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution 

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Multiple Georgia cities among the nation's "brokest"

TheDailyBeast.com has released its list of the "brokest" cities in the U.S. And unfortunately, several Georgia cities are among them. 

The website reports that Columbus topped the overall list at No. 1, while Augusta came at No. 10, followed by Macon at No. 14, at Savannah at No. 25.

The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and Macon Telegraph have more in these stories below.

Click here for the Columbus article, and here for Macon.

Click here for the complete list, courtesy of TheDailyBeast.com

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