A 20,000-Egg Hunt

A helicopter will drop 20,000 easter eggs tomorrow in Ringgold in NW Georgia. The Chattanooga Free Times Press reports they will be filled with candy, toys or coupons from local businesses. The drop starts at 11AM at the Ringgold High School football field.

(Chattanooga Free Times Press)

NW Georgia counterfeit operation busted

Perhaps the largest product counterfeiting operation in Georgia history has been busted by authorities in Ringgold. The Rome News-Tribune says products with designer names such as Coach, Gucci, and Dior were housed in a storage unit. Police arrested five Chinese nationals on state counterfeiting charges-—those could be upgraded to federal charges.

Georgia marine killed in Iraq

A north Georgia Marine is dead after his boat capsized in Iraq. The family of 20-year-old Lance Corporal Will Chambers says military personnel came to the family’s Ringgold home yesterday to inform them. Chambers’ mother says she doesn’t know why the patrol boat capsized on the Euphrates River or if any other marines died.