Carlton News

With penny pinching on just about everyone's mind, we set out to evaluate seven comparable machines that cost less than six grand.

The Georgia Reptile Conservancy will bring its hands-on program to the Madison County Library at 2 p.m. June 27.

Thomas Cheely strolls across the bridge along Heritage Trail on Wednesday afternoon in Athens.

Normandy's cliffs and coastline, still pocked with gun batteries and other remnants of World War II, provide sure footing for an American president.

Elberton resident Willie Patmon cleans off the graves of his parents, Willie and Annie Patmon, on May 10 in the cemetery at Shiloh Baptist Church in Carlton.

Harold McCarty sits recently in the garage of his home near his 1971 Ford pickup, which he has used for transportation since that year.

The expansion and renovation of Georgia's Butts-Mehre Building is set to begin July 1 after the Athletic Association's Board of Directors this morning approved nearly $40 million to improve facilities used by the football program.

Josh Fancher sits on the front porch of his grandparents' Carlton home, where he has a nice view of the coming and goings in the small town where he has lived all his life.

A reunion for pre-1950 students of Carlton High School is being planned for 11 a.m. May 23 at the Ila Restaurant in Ila.

Madison County Sheriff Kip Thomas, center, watches as jail inmates Russell Smith, left, and Roger Strickland work on the new landscaping installed on the grounds of the sheriff's office.

A 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass belonging to Stacy Allen of Carlton sits in the impoundment yard at the Madison County Sheriff's Office.

Marion Montgomery, left, and Glyn Denham of the Random Roosters will be playing at the upcoming Carlton Junction Function festival in Madison County.

Greg Compton looks in the mirror of his version of Red, the fire engine from the animated film "Cars." Greg Compton lives on land where he played as a boy.

Greg Compton poses recently with his own version of the "Cars" character Mater, which he purchased and painted, on the side of Georgia Highway 72 near his home just outside Carlton.

* Carlos Ruben Carabello, 17, 1009 Francis St., Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with bringing a weapon to school .

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On March 18, Lt.

The Arts Development Council of Georgia will have a meeting at 10 a.m. today at the Blue Bell Gallery in Comer.

The threat of river flooding in Jackson County appears to have diminished Sunday morning as the Middle Oconee River is now predicted not to exceed flood stage.

* Joseph Anthony Findley, 42, 4156-50 Highway 225 North, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with DUI and failure to drive within single lane.

A flood warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Middle Oconee River near Arcade affecting Jackson and Barrow counties and for the Broad River near Carlton affecting Madison and Oglethorpe counties.