Temple News

Contributed photo The above drug paraphernalia was recovered by police after two routine traffic stops led to the discovery of the items in the vehicles, according to Tallapoosa Police officers.

The Georgia Council for Administrators of Special Education recognized the Carroll County school systema s special education program for the second consecutive year, Superintendent John Zauner told the Board of Education at its meeting Thursday night.

Temple Police Officer Jim Hollowood receives his Top DUI Award from Wanice Odell of West Georgia MADD.

Marietta, GA 30062-4842 1415 Old Canton Road, Marietta, 30062-4842. cost: $100 + Individual tickets are $100 with donations being made on behalf of the honorees to The Nadar Parman II Memorial Foundation and Jewish Family and Career Services.

Bus driver John Truett said the problem with drivers illegally passing school buses has gotten a a oeticka better since Temple police decided to crack down on the problem, but he said a a oeticka is not enough.

Parents of students at Temple High School attended the Carroll County Board of Education meeting Thursday to get their questions answered about the mercury found in the schoola s gymnasium and to air their concerns.

Temple High Schoola s gymnasium has been closed to students and the public since Oct.

What began as a cotton farm in the Center Point community near Temple eventually changed its focus to cattle over time, but the family working the property hasna t changed in more than 100 years.

Voter Registration Coordinator Janice Duff, left, Board of Elections Chairman James Gamble and Elections Supervisor Patti Brown-Traylor count the paper absentee ballots Tuesday before running them through the machine to be scanned during a recount of the Temple mayoral election.

Carroll County Elections Supervisor Patti Brown-Traylor said Friday she will order a recount in the Temple mayoral race that was decided by three votes.

In the end, it took the final tally of absentee ballots and early voting ballots to decide the heated Temple mayoral race and Mayor Rick Ford narrowly survived the challenge of former Mayor Lester Harmon.

Nine men - five of them from northeast Georgia - have been arraigned on federal fraud charges accusing them of tricking a Rome paper mill into paying $4.8 million for ``phantom loads'' of timber.

Although municipal elections historically draw little turnout and few people have cast a ballot as part of early voting over the past weeks, Carroll County election officials say todaya s election may draw a bigger crowd than expected because of the competitive nature of many of the races.

Oglethorpe County road department worker Neil Farnsworth, left, watches Joe McCannon excavate Friday where a section of Walter Sams Road was washed out from the recent heavy rains.

When Temple resident Tim Cedar came home from being out of town recently, the 79-acre lake that his home had previously overlooked was no longer there.

Temple resident Patrick Smith goes all out to entertain, and scare, the trick-or-treaters in his Villa Rosa neighborhood on Halloween.

The wife of a man running for the Temple City Council was assaulted on Wednesday while campaigning for her husband, according to police.

TEMPLE, Ga. (MyFOX ATLANTA - A heated city council race in the city of Temple has led to charges of racism and hateful language.

Villa Rica officials were working furiously Monday to fix the damage caused by massive amounts of overnight rain, but the chore was made more difficult as rain continued to fall throughout the day.

Carroll County Schools fund equity is dwindling as the economy takes its toll on the school systema s budget.