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Carroll County News

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Friday Jul 3 | Times Georgian

Budget's done, so what work lies ahead?

Budgeta s done, so what work lies ahead? With the 2009-2010 fiscal year budget set, members of the Carroll County Board of Commissioners are preparing to move forward with a number of projects over the next 12 months.

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Related Topix: Carrollton, GA, Bowdon, GA

Friday Jul 3 | Times Georgian

Census shows Carroll growth slowed in 2008

Growth slowed considerably in Carroll County in 2008, but all its cities included in the report released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week experienced a population increase, even if it was in the single digits.

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Related Topix: Villa Rica, GA, Carrollton, GA, Roopville, GA, Whitesburg, GA

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Times Georgian

Spotlight: Bremen resident does his share to keep city clean

Believe it or not, Georgia's billion-dollar tourism industry suffers when visitors see local roadsides littered with garbage, but the economic setbacks aren't the only reasons Bremen resident J.C. Carollo stepped up to re-establish a weekend volunteer clean-up group to preserve the beauty of his community.

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Times Georgian

Haralson Sheriff's office makes several arrests

The Haralson County Sheriffa s Office has closed June with numerous arrests. In one case, two brothers received assault charges in the beating of a man, who was also later shot after participating in an arm wrestling game with one of the brothers.

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Related Topix: Haralson County, GA, Buchanan, GA, Bremen, GA

Tue Jun 30, 2009

LaGrange Daily News - LaGrange, Georgia

Counties to expand drug courts

Troup and the other four counties in the Coweta Judicial Circuit plan to use a federal stimulus grant of $428,000 to expand drug courts into each county.

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Related Topix: Prison, Troup County, GA, Villa Rica, GA, LaGrange, GA

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Times-Herald

McIntosh descendant to be in Whitesburg on Monday

Billie Jane McIntosh's updated schedule calls for her to be in neighboring Carroll County on Monday and taking a trip to north Alabama on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Whitesburg, GA, University of Georgia Columbus State, Carrollton, GA

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Douglas County Sentinel

Councilmen blast city for Bearden payments

Two Carrollton City Council members are criticizing the city for paying Rep. Tim Bearden for consulting work without a formal contract.

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Related Topix: Villa Rica, GA

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Douglas County Sentinel

'Operation Timber Wolf' nets dozens of alleged drug sellers

Carroll County jailers John Husby and Cpl. William Haney search Larry Hudson Jr.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Carrollton, GA, Villa Rica, GA, Bowdon, GA

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Times-Herald

McIntosh descendant arriving from Arizona

In February1825, Chief William McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs which opened west Georgia -- including what is now Coweta County -- to settlement.

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Related Topix: Georgia, Coweta County, GA, Senoia, GA, Meriwether County, GA, University of Georgia Columbus State

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Douglas County Sentinel

Avanti buildings on verge of demolition

By Spencer Crawford The Villa Rican Preliminary work is being completed this week in anticipation of the demolition of a handful of buildings on the former Avanti property in downtown Villa Rica, paving the way for construction of a new park and municipal complex on the site.

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Related Topix: Villa Rica, GA

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Times Georgian

Sgt. Chet Long recalls night he was run over

Chet Long, left, receives a Purple Heart award from Police Chief Michael Mansour for being run over in the line of duty.

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Related Topix: Villa Rica, GA

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Douglas County Sentinel

Shooting suspect indicted on murder charges

Less than two weeks after the shooting deaths of a Carroll County couple in their home, a grand jury has indicted the suspect on multiple counts of murder and armed robbery.

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Related Topix: Carrollton, GA

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Douglas County Sentinel

Former Temple recreation director dies of injuries in shop accident

A Temple man died Tuesday night after a wrecker he was working on at his business rolled on top of him.

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Related Topix: Temple, GA, Villa Rica, GA

Peach Pundit

Things getting worse for Tim Bearden

Creative Loafing has jumped into the fray. Turns out one of the things Bearden was helping Carrollton with was DFACS.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

CBS 46

Carrollton Couple Found Dead In Home

A Carroll County couple were found shot to death in their home, and investigators say the alleged shooter may be a relative.

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Related Topix: Carrollton, GA, Atlanta Metro

Free Republic

Oops! Georgia Family Distraught After Contractor Destroys Wrong House

A Georgia homeowner whose cherished family home was mistakenly demolished said he wants to know how a contracted demolition crew could make such an egregious error.

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Related Topix: Carrollton, GA, Marietta, GA

Sat Jun 13, 2009

Times Georgian

Plenty of rain means ample hay supply on county's farms

Cattle farmer George Chambers calls a herd of beef cattle toward him in a pasture on his family's land near Bowdon.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Agriculture, Science

MyATLtv.com

2 Dead In Carroll County Homicide

Carrollton- A man and woman were found dead inside their home on Peek Drive Wednesday night.

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Related Topix: Carrollton, GA

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Consumer Reports

GPS blamed for home demolition

Let's be clear up front: A GPS is no home wrecker. That said, there's a stunning report this week that a house in Carroll County, Georgia, was demolished by a wrecking crew misguided by a GPS device, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . In a report by WSBTV , homeowner Al Byrd relayed a conversation with the wrecking crew in which they ...

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Related Topix: Autos

Times Georgian

Smyrna man a suspect in double homicide in Carroll County

A Smyrna man is being held without bond after he allegedly confessed to a friend and sheriffa s deputies that he shot and killed a Carroll County couple in their home on Peek Drive Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Smyrna, GA, Carrollton, GA, Prison

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