TALLAPOOSA, Ga. - Agents from the Haralson-Paulding Drug Task Force said an anonymous tip that led to a major pill bust at a convenience store in Haralson County. Someone told the agents that pills ...

TALLAPOOSA, Ga. — Georgia’s hottest New Year celebration may be an hour drive from downtown. USA Today rates Tallapoosa’s annual Possum Drop as one of the 10 best in America. No joke. Originally named ...

TALLAPOOSA, Ga. - A man has been taken into custody following a police chase that ended along an Interstate 20 ramp early Thursday morning, according to authorities. Chief Mark Brock with Bowdon ...

TALLAPOOSA, Ga. — A Georgia man has died after he was injured by fireworks, authorities say. Trevor White died early Sunday after an injury in Tallapoosa. Haralson County Sheriff Stacy Williams says ...

TALLAPOOSA, Ga. — With the exception of 2020, the Tallapoosa “Possum Drop” has been an annual New Year’s event for over 20-years. This year, organizers say, their tradition of lowering a stuffed ...

Georgia’s small city of Tallapoosa has earned national attention after USA TODAY’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2025 ranked its Possum Drop as the third-best New Year’s Eve drop in the country. The event, ...

USA Today has compiled a list of the 10 best New Year’s Eve drops in the country, and one Georgia event made the cut. It’s not Atlanta’s well-known Peach Drop, however. It’s something a little less ...

New York has its Time Square Ball Drop, New Orleans lowers the fleur-de-lis, and in Tallapoosa, Georgia, the New Year is welcomed with a Possum Drop. At midnight, Spencer the possum is lowered inside ...

TALLAPOOSA COUNTY, Ala — A Tallapoosa, Georgia man has been indicted on nine counts of capital murder and two counts of corpse abuse. Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes is accused of killing Sandra Vazquez ...

This collection contains fourteen silver albumen photoprints, mounted on cardboard, 8" x 10", all by H. H. French. Each picture is stamped with the photographer's name. The photographs depict homes ...