Douglas County News

The Douglas County Board of Education will begin its search for a new school superintendent with a Monday called meeting.

Becky Padgett, Douglas County Board of Commissioners office receptionist, empties used paper from her work station into a collection bin for recycling.

Residents in Douglasville have been on edge after a rise in coyote sightings. The coyotes have been spotted roaming a park west of town and in the neighborhoods along Interstate 20 in Douglas County.

Douglas County will host its 12th annual nighttime Veterans Day parade on Nov. 11 through the streets of downtown Douglasville.

Opening statements began Wednesday in Superior Court in the trial of Keith Steward, who is accused of beating and killing his girlfriend by cutting her throat.

Voters sign in Tuesday at the Old Courthouse precinct. Douglas County voters, by a 32-vote margin, cast their ballots Tuesday to build a new jail.

The Douglas County Board of Commissioners is considering a 90-day moratorium on new cell phone towers while the county updates its rules on telecommunications structures.

Douglas County voters will go to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots on a one-cent special purpose local option sales tax to build a new county jail.

West Georgia Technical College has been awarded a $500,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Education to expand an existing program that trains students in a modern industrial skill set that is in high demand.

With the election Tuesday, the seven people seeking city council seats are in their final days of campaigning.

A public information open house for the Georgia Highway 92 relocation project is today, 5-8 p.m., in the Stewart Middle School gymnasium.

Local resident Stephanie Henslee, left, gets information on repairing flood damage from Federal Emergency Management Agency workers Evelyn Ford and Patrick Knotts.

Randy Hulsey addresses the Rotary Club Monday Damage from the Sept. 21-22 Douglas County flooding, which washed out more than 170 roads, will total $10-12 million, according to Randy Hulsey, director of the county Department of Transportation .

At 8:00 p.m. the Douglas County Rogue Runners will host their 30th Annual Moonlight Run which is the largest after-dark 5K and one-mile run in the Southeast with 2,000 participants running through downtown Douglasville.

Oa Neal Plaza will be full of activities Saturday, offering participants a chance to shop, dance, and even take in a concert.

The last local Disaster Recovery Center will close Friday at 7 p.m., but a Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Center will open Oct.

The Nov. 3 Douglas County election presents a variety of candidates and issues, and the ballots that voters receive depend upon their city or county locations.

WSA Director Pete Frost address the Rotary Club Monday. By Winston Jones Staff Writer Damage from September flooding will top $8.3 million for Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority , Pete Frost, WSA executive director, said Monday.

The wife of the man shot and killed by a Douglas County deputy Monday is talking about her husband, Leonard Anderson, for the first time.

The Douglas County sheriff says a deputy shot and killed a man who tried to hit an officer with a car.