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Job Alert: Branch Service Leader

This job opportunity is in South Canton.

More people leave Cherokee for work than any other county in metro Atlanta. Do you want to work closer to home? Regions Bank is hiring a branch service leader for its South Canton location. This position is responsible for directing teller activities, performing teller activities and ensuring procedural consistency. Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED and have one year of teller or teller and supervisory experience. Candidates must also possess excellent cash management skills and basic computer skills. To apply for this job, please click here. To peruse the Canton-Sixes Patch classifieds, click here. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and …

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Job Alert: Teller

Regions Bank is hiring.

More people leave Cherokee for work than any other county in metro Atlanta. Do you want to work closer to home? Regions Bank is looking for a teller at its Riverstone Parkway location. For more information on the position, go here. To peruse the Canton-Sixes Patch classifieds, click here. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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Missing Cherokee Man Found Safe

John Carson Bryant told authorities that "after a family dispute on Thursday, he decided he was going to drive to the West Coast," the spokesman for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said.

John Carson Bryant, the Cherokee man with Alzheimer's who had not been seen since Thursday, has been found safe, the spokesman for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said this afternoon. Bryant's son spotted his father’s truck parked at the Hardee's on Highway 92 and Interstate 75 in Acworth at about 1 p.m. today, Lt. Jay Baker said. Bryant, 76, of Acworth, was inside eating lunch. He told authorities that "after a family dispute on Thursday, he decided he was going to drive to the West Coast," Baker said. Bryant got as far as Louisiana, then decided to drive back home. "Prior to going to his house," Baker said, "he stopped at Hardee's for lunch." Bryant was transported to WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta as a precaution.  …

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Cherokee Man, 76, Missing

John Carson Bryant was last seen withdrawing "a significant amount of cash" Thursday afternoon at the Acworth Regions Bank.

A 76-year-old Acworth man with Alzheimer's has not been seen since he withdrew "a significant amount of cash" Thursday afternoon at the Acworth Regions Bank, the spokesman for the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said. And officials are requesting the public's help in locating the man, identified by Lt. Jay Baker as John Carson Bryant. Bryant is white, about 6-feet-tall and 215 pounds. He has gray hair and blue eyes. He was last seen at 4:30 p.m. Thursday wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Bryant was in his red 1994 Ford F-150 with Georgia tag DP1V11. Call 911 if you have information about Bryant's whereabouts. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us …

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Job Alert: Branch Team Leader

Regions Bank's Riverstone branch is hiring.

More people leave Cherokee for work than any other county in metro Atlanta. Do you want to work closer to home? Regions Bank's Riverstone location is looking for a branch team leader. The person in this position plays a pivotal role. In the absence of the branch manager, the branch team leader resolves customer and associate issues. For more information, go here. Don’t miss any of the local news you care about. Subscribe to Canton-Sixes Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

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Fill in the Blank

What should go in the building that once housed the downtown branch of Regions Bank? Tell us in the comment box at the bottom of this photo.

Canton's struggling downtown has been the subject of numerous news stories. In December, Regions Bank was the latest casualty. So what should take its place, Canton-Sixes Patch readers? Let us know in the comment box at the bottom of this file. 

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Another Downtown Business Closes Today

At 2 p.m. today, Regions Bank will close its West Main Street branch.

At 2 p.m. today, Regions Bank will close its West Main Street branch. In August, area president Bill Linginfelter told customers that the bank decided to combine that branch with the South Canton Branch at 2653 Marietta Hwy. "We are continually evaluating our banking network to be sure we invest our resources where customers use them the most," he wrote in a letter to clients. The departure leaves another hole in Canton's downtown and comes on the heels of a United States Postal Service merger that resulted in the September closing of the downtown post office. The Canton Main Street Program has developed programs to showcase all that downtown has to offer. The Main Street Program has created First Friday and 11 other events "that weren't …

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Rodney Thrash

5:57 pm on Friday, December 9, 2011

Thanks for the suggestion. The Main Street program director is a reader of Patch so I'm sure she's jotting down your idea.   more ›

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Job Alert: Bilingual Teller

The South Canton branch of Regions Bank is hiring.

More people leave Cherokee for work than any other county in metro Atlanta. Do you want to work closer to home? The South Canton branch of Regions Bank, 2653 Marietta Hwy., needs a bilingual teller. According to the job description on the bank's website, the bilingual teller "greets all branch visitors and answers incoming telephone calls in a friendly and professional manner; performs all duties of a paying/receiving teller;" and performs a variety of other duties. For more information or to apply, go here.

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Deadline Looms for Regions Customers

Here are some of the highlights from Canton-Sixes and nearby Patches for Dec. 1

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Downtown Bank to Close

Regions Bank will merge its Downtown and South Canton branches. Customers have until Dec. 2 to remove belongings from rented safe deposit boxes.

Regions Bank officials this week notified customers that the Downtown branch will close at 2 p.m. Dec. 9 as part of a merger with the South Canton location on Marietta Highway. "We are continually evaluating our banking network to be sure we invest our resources where customers use them the most," Regions area president Bill Linginfelter wrote in an Aug. 29 letter to clients. "As part of this effort, we have decided to combine the Downtown Canton Branch with our South Canton Branch." Customers have until Dec. 2 to remove belongings from rented safe deposit boxes and transfer the contents to new boxes at other Regions locations. After that date, Regions Bank will terminate the box lease, drill open the lock and send everything inside to …

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