Carroll County News

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

From staff reports A fight involving 10 girls at Villa Rica High School around 8:30 a.m. Thursday ended with no major injuries but a lot of unanswered questions.

Alison Payne, right, of Roopville nuzzles a cat that she and her son Glen were considering adopting at the new Carroll County Animal Shelter.

The Times-Georgian on Wednesday announced the launch of a special effort to assist unemployed residents of Carroll County during the current economic downturn.

In an appeal filed in Carroll County Superior Court, former Mt. Zion Police Chief Bradley Forrister charges that the Mt.

It usually took Cherie Nicole Mitchell around 30 minutes to reach her frienda s house in Carrollton.

Four years ago the Carroll County NAACP conceived a program that would help parolees live a successful life outside of prison.

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.

An unseasonably wet autumn has delayed completion of the parking garage that will accompany the new county justice center, according to officials with the city of Carrollton.

Following a routine traffic stop, Carrollton police reported finding a small bag of suspected methamphetamine in Michael Jason Moorea s back pants pocket.

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.

A jury awarded $670,000 to the plaintiff, represented by Ken Crawford of Tisinger Vance, P.C., in a civil suit last Friday involving a 2004 house explosion that killed two people.

Traffic moves along a bridge over Buffalo Creek on Ben Scott Boulevard in Carrollton Tuesday.

C. Earl Todd is prepared for an emergency. As an amateur or a oehama radio operator, Todd said he understands the importance of using ham radio for emergency communication, so he tested his skills during the recent flooding when he participated in the annual Georgia simulated emergency test.

The defeat of an incumbent candidate in a Carrollton Board of Education election might be something that hasn't happened in at least a decade.

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.

The death of a 30-year-old inmate Wednesday night in the Douglas County Jail appears to be from natural causes, according to authorities.

A Villa Rica City Council race between incumbent Councilman Joey Kelley and challenger Patrick Henrickson will be decided with a Dec.

Dennis Hammond had never really thought much about becoming a firefighter, but in the spring of 1977, a friend mentioned to him that Coweta County was looking for members for its new fire department.

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.