Roopville News

Certain area phone customers will see a slight increase in their monthly bills in the months ahead, with the additional fees to go to help shorten emergency response times.

On Monday, the Carroll County Board of Education voted to refuse ownership of a 5-acre tract in Roopville that the Carroll County Board of Commissioners had originally voted to donate to a local Baptist church.

Members of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners are questioning why new E-911 Director Trisha Orr is pushing for a new computer-assisted dispatch system for the department when the system the county currently uses is about two years old and came at a cost of $400,000. The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to table an agenda item that would ...

Gray with some of her pottery-making equipment. Mae Graya s pottery is much like her life, varied and interesting.

Enrollments in local school-based after-school programs are dropping some, maybe because of the economy, possibly because of competition, but the directors say they are still doing well providing a service that is crucial to many families.

The county government cannot donate a piece of property to a Roopville church unless the county school board first decides that it doesna t want the land.

A man arrested on murder charges in connection with a drug deal gone bad in 2008 has been convicted by a Carroll County jury and is awaiting sentencing.

A man arrested on murder charges in connection with a drug deal gone bad in 2008 has been convicted by a Carroll County jury and is awaiting sentencing.

A man arrested on murder charges in connection with a drug deal gone bad in 2008 has been convicted by a Carroll County jury and is awaiting sentencing.

Some Roopville residents are criticizing a decision by the Carroll County Board of Commissioners to donate a parcel of property to a Roopville church.

Cars and trucks lined both sides of Old Highway 27 Wednesday evening as dozens of well-wishers turned out to welcome their hometown hero.

Since official logs of customers buying common over-the-counter cold medicines containing pseudoephedrine or ephedrine began being recorded by pharmacies, the logs have helped authorities net several methamphetamine manufacturers before production of the drug could begin.

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday night to donate a portion of property in downtown Roopville to Holy Ground Baptist Church.

Coweta Crime Suppression Unit's Narcotics Task Force Thursday discovered the county's fourth methamphetamine lab this year.

Did you think Pres. Obama's "Beer Summit" on Thursday with Henry Louis Gates, Sgt.

Carolyn Johnson's cornfield is interspersed with bright yellow sunflowers, just like the ones her husband used to plant.

Growth slowed considerably in Carroll County in 2008, but all its cities included in the report released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week experienced a population increase, even if it was in the single digits.