Another county could lose accreditation

Another Georgia school district is facing accreditation problems. Haralson County schools in west Georgia on educational probation. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, or SACS, found governance problems by Haralson school board members, including micromanaging, not following their own policies and ethics violations. The problems are similar to those that led to Clayton County schools' accreditation loss on Sept. 1.

(Associated Press)

Georgia plant to close

An aerosol container plant in northwest Georgia is set to close, cutting 280 jobs. Ball Corporation says it will phase out work at its Tallapoosa plant by early 2009. Tallapoosa is in Haralson County on the Alabama border. Workers will be able to apply for jobs elsewhere within the company, or receive severance.