http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/ Marietta, GA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/2b91e412bdb64cb0e070857d5be83b46.html Police say a 56yarold Marietta man has been killed at HartsfieldJackson International Airport when he was hit on the head by an awning that had been struck by a shuttle bus Police spokesman Eric Schwartz said the bus for an offsite parking lot was pulling into the bus loading area of the terminal about 9 pm Sunday when it somehow went forward and jumped the curb http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/001e45d7a83fc9f34545c74198eb52ac.html The Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon Half Marathon and Junior Marathon had the largest turnout in its 29year history with more than 600 registrants for the marathon 700 registrants for the half marathon and 250 registrants for the junior marathonThe race included registrants from 35 states and five countries Both the marathon and half marathon sold out before race dayMarathon winnersHugh Enicks of Signal Mountain Tenn won the marathon in a time of two hours 48 minutes 33 seconds Gina Krabbendam of Lookout Mountain Tenn was the female marathon champion covering the course in three hours 14 minutes 47 secondsJohn Van Steenbergh of Flowery Branch Ga won the champion of marathon male masters division Lynn Mooney of Marietta Ga won the marathon female masters division Benn Paletz of Norcross Ga won the marathon male grand masters division Linda Mason Berber of Pine Mountain Ga won the marathon female grand masters divisionThe marathon featured a 262 mile course with approximately 23 miles run through the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park The event featured a new startfinish location at the 6th Cavalry Museum on Barnhardt Circle in historic Fort Oglethorpe The move to the new startfinish location was made possible through a partnership with the Fort Oglethorpe Tourism CommitteeHalf Marathon winnersThis is the first year a half marathon was run in conjunction with the marathon In past years the marathon was accompanied by a 10mile race 20012007 and a 5k race 19901991 The half marathon was won by Michael Kirk of Signal Mountain Tenn in a time of one hour 15 minutes 42 seconds Christina Evans of Canton Ga was the female half marathon champion finishing in a time of one hour 32 minutes 39 secondsJoe Sneed of Soddy Daisy Tenn won the half marathon male masters division champion Joan Vos of Chickamauga Ga won the half marathon female masters divisionJunior Marathon winnersThe event also featured the 2nd Annual Chickamauga Junior Marathon Designed to promote physical fitness among children and their families the Junior Marathon was open to students enrolled in first through sixth gradesParticipants in the junior marathon spent the last few months individually logging 252 miles Children were able to divide up the distance in any way they liked; they just needed to run jog or walk a total of 252 miles with adult supervision before Nov 8 On Nov 8 the junior marathoners completed the final mile of their marathon crossing the official finish line of the Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon Runners who submitted a completed log sheet and finished the last mile received a race number Tshirt finisherrsquo;s medal and a goody bag The Chickamauga Marathon Half Marathon and Junior Marathon was made possible through the generosity and hard work of numerous volunteers the Fort Oglethorpe Tourism Committee The National Park Service and Hutcheson Medical ServicesThe Chickamauga Marathon Half Marathon and Junior Marathon was a Chattanooga Track Club event Sponsors of the Chickamauga Marathon and Half Marathon include the Fort Oglethorpe Tourism Committee Fuller Rehabilitation Hutcheson National Park Service PowerAde Sports Barn Ankle Foot Center Out of the Blue Cafeacute; Southern Coffee Service and Lookout Mountain Tomato BananaTo view more race results visit http:wwwbattlefieldmarathoncomresultshtmlCLICK ON THESE LINKSFEEDBACK: Send a letter to the editorSUBSCRIBE: Get The Catoosa County News each WednesdayGO BACK:Return to our homepage http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/775fb737ca8d6f0af986b5d1aa332449.html ATLANTA mdash; As teams prepare for the upcoming playoffs the final regular season poll continues its trend of tweaks with Class AAAA seeing a few top positions change in The Associated Press39; final regularseason high school football poll http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/8a72907428923e9a0d56e3af9c3ea13f.html BusinessWeek named Athens and Marietta runners up to Warner Robins as best places in Georgia to raise children http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/d5d56792b8bf2501e3a986e5050fcaaa.html A suburban Atlanta chiropractor has been convicted of bilking an insurance company out of millions by filing false paperwork A US District Court jury on Monday found Dr William Stearns of Marietta guilty of health care fraud and money laundering Prosecutors say the 47yearold submitted fraudulent bills to Blue CrossBlue Shield of Georgia to get paid for a back pain treatments that the insurance company refused to cover http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/c61f414b3622e99061186aedc6f2e56b.html Millions of Georgia voters are set to crowd polling sites across the state Tuesday amid warnings that some residents could wait in lines that could stretch hours long The lengthy lines have fast become a familiar sight in Georgia as computer glitches and higherthanexpected turnout forced voters to wait as long as eight hours during advance voting last week http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/15ca31b0e63aef3d21504762e7425144.html FLOWERY BRANCH mdash; There is no proof that it really does any good but local candidates or their surrogates waved and held signs in hopes of swaying lastminute voters Monday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/marietta/content/f24ed5f1d6ed2fe7a59225e6ad8abc2a.html If Democrat Jim Martin is able to pull off an Election Day upset of Republican Sen Saxby Chambliss he'll have to thank Barack Obama Political observers say Obama has brought a wave of new Democratic voters to the polls in Georgia That's almost certain to benefit the lesserknown Martin as some voters will undoubtedly go with a straight Democratic ticket