Georgia loses six Sears, KMart stores

Say goodbye to six Sears and KMart stores throughout Georgia to welcome 2012.  They're among the 79 stores that the Sears Holding Corporation plans to close as a result of poor sales during the recently completed Christmas holiday shopping season.  Of the six stores in the Peach State that are targeted for closure, five of them are KMart's, while one Sears store in Macon will close its doors for good.  The Chicago-based corporations eventually plans to close up to 120 establishments.

Click the links below for a summary of the Sears, KMart closings

Albany Herald 

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Augusta Chronicle


Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Macon Telegraph

Times-Georgian (Carrollton)

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Albany, Savannah elect first female mayors

Two Georgia cities made history in separate elections earlier this week.  Dorothy Hubbard garnered 53 percent to become the first woman mayor of Albany, while Edna Jackson became the first female chief executive in Savannah on Tuesday.  Both women will be sworn into office in January


Albany Herald

Savannah Morning News

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Albany Chamber CEO steps down

The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce must find a new CEO.  The Albany Herald reports that Catherine Glover is leaving the top job to take an executive vice president's position with a local chemical company.  Her last day at the chamber is on January 4.

Click here for the full story, courtesy of the Albany Herald.

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