Douglas County News

The people who appear in this police blotter were arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department within the past 24 hours.

Because helping animals is "in my heart," Pet Things owner Terry Brlecic and his family recently donated 925 pounds of cat and dog food to the Douglas County Animal Shelter.

By Sara Ray, Douglas County Chamber Primary Fitness owner and instructor Tracy Lymus celebrated one year in business with a Chamber ribbon cutting on May 9. Primary Fitness is located at 921 Dallas Highway in Primary Fitness' motto is to "keep fitness fun" and this is the one studio where clients will get just that with their private parties, ... (more)

A husband and wife, working as a team, robbed numerous businesses at gunpoint in the metro Atlanta area until their crime spree ended after a high-speed chase.

It costs $1,130 less to get a CT scan in Douglas County than Paulding County. That's according to data from New Choice Health , a private company that encourages people to become smarter healthcare consumers.

A Fayetteville husband and wife will be serving a 20-year sentence after robbing numerous businesses at gun point around the metro Atlanta area, including a local business in 2007, according to Douglas County District Attorney David McDade.

Twenty-six people graduated May 3 from the North Central Georgia Law Enforcement Academy , and Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy Eric M. Amdal was one of them.

Mr. Geer and the Granite I know it's easy to fuss about the downtown business district in Douglasville.

In partnership with the City of Douglasville, the Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County presents the 2013 Taste of Douglasville, now in its twentieth year and better and bigger than ever before -- and an event no one should miss! Proceeds of downtown Douglasville's most popular event benefit the Cultural Arts Council and its ... (more)

By Kizzy Howell, City of Douglasville Douglasville's popular Summer Sampler returns in 2013 as an opening celebration for Douglas County's internationally attended Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival.

The people who appear in this police blotter were arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department within the past 24 hours.

By Sara Ray, Douglas County Chamber Owner Mickey Jefferson and his staff announced the opening of their new location in Douglasville.

When it comes to approving permits for special event venues, the old axiom of "location, location, location" applies to the Carroll County Board of Commissioners' zoning decisions.

The Douglasville City Council will take another vote on the mayor and council's compensation June 17, the body unanimously agreed Monday night.

File photo District 61 state Rep. Roger Bruce, D-Atlanta, stands with District 66 state Rep.

With 3,775 stroke deaths in Georgia each year, the Live Healthy Douglas Coalition plans to do its part to raise stroke awareness in Douglas and Cobb counties.

The Douglas County Fire/EMS Department will officially open and dedicate its new headquarters during a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on Tuesday afternoon, May 7. The new headquarters is in the Blake Gammill Memorial Building located at 6856 Broad Street/Bankhead Highway .

One of the hardest things I have ever done was walking away from the hospital room where my mother lay dying.

Douglas County residents and businesses are asked to get in the spirit and decorate their home and business for the 6th annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival! The Festival Committee is asking residents and businesses to decorate their mailboxes, lampposts, gates, fences, trees, signs, and doorways in festive hydrangea blossoms, ribbons, and ... (more)

The people who appear in this police blotter were arrested by the Douglas County Sheriff's Department within the past 24 hours.