Carrollton News

The Advocate's May 6 editorial, "Local control needed at drilling sites," offers a realistic picture of the challenges facing our Licking County community with the deep shale fracking boom on its way.

The widow of a 26-year-old Nutter Fort man says two Colorado companies are responsible for the truck crash that killed her husband because they forced an exhausted work crew to drive from Ohio to West Virginia, creating a 22-hour work day.

A blood drive is being held at University of West Georgia for a student fighting a flesh-eating bacteria that threatens her life.

An 11-year-old Carrollton student researching a project on the Underground Railroad helped kick off the 40th opening of the Salem Historical Society Museum on Sunday.

A committee in the city is looking for ways to take advantage of local oil and gas drilling efforts.