Bowdon News

Fourth-grade teacher Susan Gordy reads her science class at Carrollton Middle School a chapter from a oeNight of the Twistersa to wrap up their weather unit.

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.

Area officials say that the Sunday alcohol-by-the-drink referendum that's on the ballot for the city of Carrollton has done little to get people to the polls for early voting and, all things considered, local residents have so far kept mum on what some expected to be a hugely controversial vote.

Though Carroll County Animal Control captured two pit bulls that viciously attacked a mule in Bowdon Sunday, the mulea s owner, Skipper Harmon, said he still doesna t feel justified since the dogsa owner was only given a citation.

A Carroll County man pleaded guilty Thursday to at least 10 counts of arson and was sentenced to 78 years with 18 to serve in prison.

A Carroll County man was arrested Friday after police said he stabbed three people, including his estranged wife, and killed one person.

After forcing entry into his mother-in-lawa s Bowdon home Friday, Duane Clough allegedly assaulted his mother-in-law and his wife, and killed a man who was in the residence.

Police in Carroll County have arrested a 43-year-old man after they say he entered a home and stabbed three people, killing one of them.

Neighbors and authorities in Carroll County tried Friday to make sense of a family tragedy.

Dr. Sheila Reed of Bowdon High School was named Carroll County Schools Teacher of the Year for 2011 Thursday at the Board of Education meeting.

Graduation rates increased across the state this year and local schools were no exception: all schools but one increased their rates, some dramatically.

One of my tips for preventing mold in refrigerators that are empty and unplugged is to put a fridge magnet between the doors.

Preliminary August numbers from the Georgia Department of Labor show Carroll County unemployment continuing to fall for a second straight month, though both the size of the labor force and the number of available jobs in the county are dwindling at the same time.

Chad and Angela West don't live in a flood zone and never thought they would see flooding in their home, but they woke Monday morning to discover ankle-deep water running through their house.

I own a HE washer and recently began to make my own powdered laundry soap, and have found it ideal for HE washers since it foams a lot less than commercial liquid soaps and it works a lot better.

The state of Georgia is moving forward on hundreds of federal stimulus projects worth more than $6.4 billion, but Carroll County workers have yet to feel an impact.

Plans to replace a bridge on Sandy Flat Road at Indian Creek have been on Carroll Countya s wish list for years, but with the statea s money troubles the county had given up hope that the project would be done anytime soon.

In its first meeting in nearly three months, the Carrollton City Council had much on the agenda Monday.

Rain wasn't going to keep Joan Barrow from the 9-11 remembrance services in Bowdon Friday.

The Ohio State Patrol is investigating a fatal traffic crash in Brown County. It happened just before 5:30 a.m. on Sardinia Mowrystown Road.