Douglasville News

Sanitation workers Clay Ware and Chris Noles empty recycling along Longview Street in Carrollton.

Residents in Douglasville have been on edge after a rise in coyote sightings. The coyotes have been spotted roaming a park west of town and in the neighborhoods along Interstate 20 in Douglas County.

The presence of coyotes in Douglasville was a topic for concern at the city councila s committee meetings Monday.

Douglas County will host its 12th annual nighttime Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11 through the streets of downtown Douglasville.

Opening statements began Wednesday in Superior Court in the trial of Keith Steward, who is accused of beating and killing his girlfriend by cutting her throat.

Recent encounters with coyotes within the city have alarmed some Douglasville City Council members.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating a high-speed police chase Monday evening that led to a crashA killing theA suspect and seriously injuring two passengers.

West Georgia Technical College has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Education to expand an existing program that trains students in a modern industrial skill set that is in high demand.

The Douglasville City Council during a special meeting Thursday approved an application for a landscape improvement grant at the Interstate 20/Highway 92 interchange.

With the election Tuesday, the seven people seeking city council seats are in their final days of campaigning.

Randy Hulsey addresses the Rotary Club Monday Damage from the Sept. 21-22 Douglas County flooding, which washed out more than 170 roads, will total $10-12 million, according to Randy Hulsey, director of the county Department of Transportation .

Just as in the past two years, friends and family of Barbara Jean a oeBobbiea Butler plan to hold a candlelight vigil tonight to remember the 71-year-old woman who was a oea friend to everybody.a Butler was found beaten to death on Oct.

Local resident Stephanie Henslee, left, gets information on repairing flood damage from Federal Emergency Management Agency workers Evelyn Ford and Patrick Knotts.

On Saturday, October 24th there will be several events in Downtown Douglasville.

WSA Director Pete Frost address the Rotary Club Monday. By Winston Jones Staff Writer Damage from September flooding will top $8.3 million for Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority , Pete Frost, WSA executive director, said Monday.

At 8:00 p.m. the Douglas County Rogue Runners will host their 30th Annual Moonlight Run which is the largest after-dark 5K and one-mile run in the Southeast with 2,000 participants running through downtown Douglasville.

This week, you may have notice a few extra barks coming from one of the buildings in downtown Tallapoosa on Highway 78.

Oa Neal Plaza will be full of activities Saturday, offering participants a chance to shop, dance, and even take in a concert.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is opening an informational display in the Home Depot, 7399 Douglas Blvd., Douglasville, GA, Saturday, Oct.

LaShun Burr-Danley ran unopposed in a special election September 2008 to finish the term vacated by former councilman Henry Mitchell.