Troup County News

Tennille Brooks has been out of work about a year and making ends meet with a "prayer." On Friday, she was at the Fountain City Classic Career Expo and Job Fair in Columbus, using a computer to fill out an application for a $14-an-hour production job at the Kia auto plant in West Point, Ga.

Armed robberies were among the 75 indictments issued by a grand jury this week for the No-vember term of Troup County Superior Court.

Some LaGrange voters were all dressed up with no place to go Tuesday. By law, the city got to call off its election and save an estimated $25,000 because nobody qualified to oppose Mayor Jeff Lukken and City Council candidates Nick Woodson, Norma Tucker and Jim Thornton.

Hogansville City Council voted unanimously Monday to put the brakes on a day spa that recently made news for employing illegal immigrants and allegedly offering illegal sex acts to customers.

A plan to change the traffic lights on Haralson and Broome streets drew favorable comment from residents at Tuesday's LaGrange City Council hearing.

Troup County officials have made some recent changes to save manpower and money.

Patty Smith is retiring after more than 28 years as a legal secretary in the Troup County district attorney's office.

With candidates' signs showing up in yards all over Columbus, it's no wonder some residents are confused about whether they can vote in the election to fill the Georgia House District 129 seat Vance Smith left to become Department of Transportation commissioner.

A judge has been named to hear Carroll County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bill Chappella s appeal of an ongoing recall effort, though the formal paperwork has yet to be filed in Carroll County.

LaGrange's unemployment rate dropped from a revised 14.9 percent in August to a preliminary 14.4 percent in September, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.

Imagine moving from one end of the Earth to the other, to a small town where the culture and language are completely foreign.

One inmate may have saved another from serious injury when a hit-and-run driver lost control of her car on Ga.

Troup County commissioners held another bashing of House Bill 483 at Tuesday's meeting.

Former Troup County teacher Elizabeth Gaddy pleaded guilty Monday to molesting a 13-year-old seventh-grade student.

Troup County school officials are getting ready to roll out Parent Portal, a new system to allow parents to check on their students' grades and attendance and receive online messages from teachers, the school system and school administrators.

Authorities in Troup and Harris county are working to track down two men they say are part of a group that went on a local crime spree Friday.

A motion for change of venue has been filed on behalf of former teacher Elizabeth Gaddy, who allegedly had sexual relations with a 13-year-old boy she had taught at Callaway Middle School.

A Web site that aims to match Troup County employers with prospective employees in the county will go live Tuesday.

Attention Troup County students, your parents are watching - or they will be soon.

Dogs and cats will be in abundance as the Lagrange-Troup County Humane Society holds its annual pet show from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday on Lafayette Square in downtown LaGrange.