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Title Southern States Bank awarded ‘Top 200 Healthiest Banks’

Southern States Bank is honored to announce that we are recognized as one of the Top 200 Healthiest Banks for 2018 by DepositAccounts.com. Out of all 5,557 FDIC insured banks, DepositAccounts.com recognizes those who have shown exceptional...

Local News

Title Department of Driver Services reminds students to request school enrollment form for summer driver testing

As summer approaches, the Department of Driver Services (DDS) reminds students needing to test for an instructional permit or driver’s license over the long vacation to obtain a “DDS Certificate of Enrollment Form” from their school administration...

Obituaries

Title Kerry Lee Smith

Kerry Lee Smith, age 52 of Carrollton, passed away April 18, 2018. He was born December 24, 1965 in Carrollton, Georgia son of Preston K. Smith and Carolyn Harper Pike. He was a 1983 Central High School graduate. He retired from Delta Airlines...

Title Art as Activism: A Showcase

CARROLLTON, GA – On April 24, the University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business will welcome Nancy Richards Farese, is a social entrepreneur, photographer and philanthropist, and Michelle Nunn, CEO of CARE USA, for a very...

Schools

Title School nutrition program wins top state award

Carrollton City School System’s School Nutrition Program was the recipient of an inaugural award presented earlier this week by the Georgia Department of Education. The Nexus Platinum Elite Award honor was created to recognize a Georgia...

Title Lifesaving fire safety tips

Are you and your family prepared in the event of a home fire? Do you have safety steps in place you can take to keep you, your family and your community safe in case of a fire? Agent Robert Kenimer of Robert Kenimer Insurance Agency Inc. is...

Obituaries

Title Billy Howard Austin

Billy Howard Austin, age 89 of Carrollton, passed away April 14, 2018. He was born July 03, 1928 in Greenville, South Carolina, son of the late William Oscar Austin and Elizabeth Coleman Austin. He proudly served in the United States Army and...

Art and Culture

Title WGTC instructors attend GMTE

Three instructors represented West Georgia Technical College at the fourth annual Georgia Master Teacher Experience. Dental Assisting instructor Kimberly Nolan, Biology instructor Dr. Jeremy Bishop were participants in the week-long event for...

Title Gas prices set to rise amid Syria conflict

Pump prices will get more expensive this week, due to rising geopolitical tensions in the middle east. The conflict in Syria sent crude prices to their highest point in more than three years, and as a result, motorists are about to feel the pain...

Farm and Commerce

Title Scientists work to produce poplar trees, switchgrass that can efficiently convert to biofuels

by Allyson Mann A research team led by the University of Georgia has discovered that manipulation of the same gene in poplar trees and switchgrass produced plants that grow better and are more efficiently converted to biofuels....

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