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Ex-Mt. Zion chief a ‘closed matter’
The mayor of Mt. Zion said the investigation into the former police chief accused of giving false information to a state council has ended. Steve Miller, who served as chief of Mt. Zion Police Dep...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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16 county schools certified energy efficient
Sixteen of the 23 traditional schools in the Carroll County Schools district have been granted Energy Star certification by the Environmental Protection Agency. The school system — partnering with...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Police seek third bank robbery suspect
Police are still on the hunt for a man believed to be involved in the robbery of the Carrollton Wells Fargo last month. Two arrests in the case were announced last week. Lt. James Perry of the Car...
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Autopsy planned after Villa Rica man’s body found
An autopsy has been planned for the body of a Villa Rica man who went missing from a campground outside the Talladega Superspeedway, but investigators say they don’t suspect foul play in the man’s ...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former congressman Bob Barr speaks with UWG Dean of Libraries Lorene Flanders Wednesday. Barr donated his political papers to the university. (Photo by Cliff Williams/Times-Georgian)
Barr: 'Honor to have papers at UWG'
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr said Wednesday that it’s a honor to have the University of West Georgia as the repository of his congressional papers so researchers can learn about the issues of the 1990...
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IRS revelations concern local tea party leaders
by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Carroll County Tea Party leaders said Wednesday that the local organization has not been a part of Internal Revenue Service scrutiny, but they had harsh words for the IRS and the Obama administrati...
Suspects in church burglary arrested
by Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Police have arrested three teenagers who are suspects in a burglary at a Carroll County church. Capt. Jeff Richards of Carroll County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded to Pleasant Ridge Bap...
Psychiatrist, healer urges mind, body, spirit healing
by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
A Yale-trained psychiatrist, speaker, author and trained healer in Native American traditions urged a mind, body and spirit approach to wellness as he helped Tanner Health System kick off its “Get ...
Concert for Will celebrates boy’s life, his love of music
by Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
When the rain started, the attendees at the Concert for Will on Saturday didn’t pack up their things and leave. Instead, the nearly 200 people squeezed in tighter under the AMP at Adamson Square co...
Plants for Mom
May 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Rita and Ed Adams, left, of Carrollton and Lauren, 12, and Rebecca Wall of Newnan select native berries and azaleas Saturday at the annual Carroll County Master Gardeners’ Mother’s Day Plant Sale a...
The library that's free and little: Promoting literature on a different scale
by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
As a professional architect, Jim Porter used to design large public libraries holding thousands of volumes. Today, he has scaled his work down to small libraries that fit on a wooden pole and conta...
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