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Man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide
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A Carrollton man pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide in Carroll County Superior Court Monday, being sentenced to 10 years in prison. "I'm guilty," Luis Alonzo Castellano-Mejia told Judge Dennis Blackmon, speaking through a Spanish interpreter. Castellano-Mejia, 38, appeared with his attorney, public defender Valerie Cooke, dressed in the standard-issue orange shirt and pants. The man lowered his head and wept openly while three family members of the deceased victim, 39-year-old Bobby Lama...
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Kroger fuel station set to open Wednesday, renovations continue
by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
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Carrollton Kroger on South Park Street has recently added more than 150 jobs to its payroll as the $20 million store expansion nears another milestone, with the opening of its fuel center this week...
Charges pending in fatal Rockmart Road wreck
by By Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian
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A Dallas man is expected to be charged with vehicular homicide in a wreck that occurred more than two months ago in Villa Rica. No formal charges have been filed against Christopher Lawrence McInt...

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    Carrollton girls capture state crown
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    All season it has been a possibility — and that possibility became a reality when the Carrollton High School girls’ golf team won the Class AAAA state championship on Monday at the Nob North Golf Club in Cohutta. And it isn’t just the team bringing home the hardware, as senior standout Sydney Needham shot a 74 to win the Class AAAA low medalist title by four strokes. Not only did the Lady Trojans’ score of 250 best their strong showing at sectionals, it beat out second-place Columbus by 1...
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Carrollton's Ashley Adams, left, and Emily Adams have been selected to play in the Third Annual Southwest Georgia High School All-Star soccer game in Columbus today at 5:30 p.m. The Lady Trojan juniors will play on the Green Team against the Pink Team in the showcase style game. Carrollton coach Drew Ebensberger will be one of two coaches for the Green Team. (Jordan Hofeditz/Times-Georgian)
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    Lady Trojan duo headed to all-star affair
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    Once again, the Carrollton High School girls' soccer team will be represented at the Third Annual Southwest Georgia High School All-Star soccer game held on the campus of Columbus State University today at 5:30 p.m. Ashley Adams and Emily Adams make the trip as players on the Green Team, while Lady Trojan coach Drew Ebensberger will be one of two coaches on the team. "I feel really lucky to be chosen to go down to Columbus and play," Ashley Adams said. "I'm really excited for this opportuni...
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    Knights finish fourth at World Series
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    A successful first postseason for the West Georgia Technical College softball team ended on Sunday afternoon with a fourth-place finish in the 2013 National Club Softball Association (NCSA) World Series in Columbus. The Golden Knights (42-39) went undefeated in Friday's pool play to take the No. 1 seed into the double-elimination bracket. They opened with a 10-2 win against North Carolina State and a 3-2 win against Virginia Tech before dropping their first game of the weekend, 3-0, against ...
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    People look at the destruction after a huge tornado struck Moore, OklahomaBy Alice Mannette Ian Simpson MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Pre-dawn emergency workers searched feverishly for survivors in the rubble of homes, primary schools and an hospital in an Oklahoma City suburb ravaged by a massive Monday afternoon tornado feared to have killed up to 91 people and injured well over 200 residents. The 2-mile(3-km) wide tornado tore through town of Moore outside Oklahoma City, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. ...


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    A U.S. Marine, who is part of a military honor guard, takes his position before a welcoming ceremony for German Defense Minister de Maiziere at the Pentagon in WashingtonBy Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, several U.S. government sources said on Monday. Obama has pledged more transparency on controversial counterterrorism programs, and giving the Pentagon the responsibility for part of the drone program could open it to greater congressional oversight. ...


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    Commuters arrive at the South Norwalk train station to be transferred to buses to Bridgeport to re-board Metro-North trains bound for New HavenBy Richard Weizel WESTPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut rail commuters endured crowded and rerouted rides in to work on Monday, as Metro-North worked to repair the busiest U.S. rail line after a two-train collision and derailment injured more than 70 people late last week. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said commuters should expect "serious disruptions," and encouraged riders to stay home if possible as repair crews worked to fix or replace more than 2,000 feet of track as well as overhead wires and other equipment. ...


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    Old Time County Fair and Farm Days
    Big meets small when Seth Thomas Mullins, 5, of Madison, Ga., makes way for Levi Huckeba who drives by on his grandfather’s John Deere tractor Saturday at the Old Time County Fair and Farm Days at the Little Tallapoosa Park. West Georgia Two Cylinder Club and the county parks department sponsored the fair, whcih continues today. (Ricky Stilley/Times-Georgian)
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