Toomsboro News

After a six-year delay, a power plant project that would turn scrap tires into electricity is moving forward in Toomsboro, promising to provide 75 permanent jobs in a county with a 10 percent unemployment rate.

Carbo Ceramics Inc's quarterly results handily beat estimates as demand for its chemical particles used in oil and gas drilling surged on strong activity in oil and gas shales, sending its shares up 18 percent.

It's been almost a decade in the making, but soon a new power company will soon break ground in Toomsboro.

Georgia wildlife and environmental officials are trying to determine the cause of a fish kill in Commissioner Creek in Wilkinson County.