Villa Rica News

With a drop in the Villa Rica tax digest of more than $10 million, the city finds itself in the unique situation of being able to roll its millage rate forward instead of backwards to maintain its property tax revenues.

A Douglasville man was killed at the start of the Fourth of July holiday travel period in a car crash on Interstate 20 just outside of the Carroll County line near Lee Road Friday.

US regulators have closed five more failed banks during the weekend - Community Bank of West Georgia; Neighborhood Community Bank, Newnan; Horizon Bank, Pine City; MetroPacific Bank, Irvine; and Mirae Bank, Los Angeles - bringing the year's total till now to 45.

The same day Villa Rica officials brought in an outside consultant to assess personnel at the citya s West Wastewater Plant due to a series of state environmental fines and consent orders, the plant experienced a 100,000-gallon sewer spill.

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.

The financial crisis has taken a heavy toll on small banks across the nation as losses in the housing market mount and unemployment dents household wealth.

Weather warning sirens will sound all over Douglas County and the city of Douglasville at noon Wednesday, but it will be only a drill.

The local organizer for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program has come out publicly to refute claims by the city of Carrollton that Rep.

The total number of failed banks this year now stands at 45. The day's activities cost the FDIC's deposit fund $264.2 million.

There is a devil and an angel in every man. In fact, much of modern American music owes its existence to the fevered battle between the angel and devil wrestling in the breast of just one man.

On the same day Villa Rica officials brought in an outside consultant to assess personnel at the citya s west wastewater plant due to a series of fines and consent orders, the plant experienced a 100,000-gallon sewer spill.

Regulators have shut down Community Bank of West Georgia, marking the 41st failure this year of a federally insured bank.

Two Carrollton City Council members are criticizing the city for paying Rep. Tim Bearden for consulting work without a formal contract.

Gospel recording artist Dorothy Norwood headlines this weekend's Thomas Dorsey Birthplace Festival.

Carroll County jailers John Husby and Cpl. William Haney search Larry Hudson Jr.

Carrollton police arrested three people Monday in connection with an alleged theft ring that has targeted 11 Wal-Mart stores in Georgia and Alabama, including stores in Carrollton, Villa Rica and Bremen, to steal about $10,000 in video games.

The acknowleged father of gospel music, Thomas A. Dorsey remains arguably the most influential figure ever to impact the genre.

By Spencer Crawford The Villa Rican Preliminary work is being completed this week in anticipation of the demolition of a handful of buildings on the former Avanti property in downtown Villa Rica, paving the way for construction of a new park and municipal complex on the site.

Chet Long, left, receives a Purple Heart award from Police Chief Michael Mansour for being run over in the line of duty.

By Spencer Crawford The Villa Rican Ed Whitt, a 20-year law enforcement veteran, has emerged from a pool of 50 applicants to be named Templea s new police chief.