Top Stories of the week

• Wash Out -- Opening Day, Main Street Mania rescheduled for this Fri., Sat.

• AG opinion on dual city manager/mayors not seen affecting Jasper

• Second raccoon confirmed rabid

• Earlier Stories

• Visioning meeting draws small but vocal crowd

  Horseplay with handgun leads to murder charges

Round 'em Up Cowboy -- Cowboys at Seventy-Four Ranch rope a calf at their annual Spring Round-up. The Round-up was a fundraiser for the local emergency children's shelter. The funds raised Saturday will be used for a new shelter. For more information and photos from the day, see Page 19A of this week's edition.

Stories in print edition only

• Second Visioning -- More calls for greenspace, more differences in how to achieve preservation, Page 1A

• 2,052 computers in Pickens schools. The local schools surpass state averages for computer availability. See story on April school board meeting. Page 9A
  

• 34-year-old arrested for violent child abduction . Page 1A.

• Tour De Georgia Stage 5 rolls through Pickens April 25. Watch the race and watch for road closures, 17A.

Interesting recent stories

• Pickens one of the fastest growing counties in nation

• Courthouse construction timeline discussed

• Church leaders discuss local religious landscape

• Inmate #1083688 offers prom advice

• Desire for change expressed as county residents discuss multi-man commission

• 10-year-old killed by falling tree