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Title Amanda Ann Riggins

Amanda Ann Riggins, age 37 of Roopville, Georgia, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at her residence, following an extended battle with cancer. She was born June 18, 1984 in Carroll County, Georgia, the daughter of Bryant Shoemake...

Title Shoal bass caught on Chattahoochee river officially recognized as new state record

Any day of fishing is good, but you know what makes it even better? A day you catch a new state record! Joseph Matthew McWhorter of Lanett, AL is the proud holder of the new state record shoal bass. His catch, caught on Dec. 23 on the...

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Title WGTC welcomes TCCC to LaGrange Campus

Students attending the Troup County Career Center are now located directly on the LaGrange Campus of West Georgia Technical College as WGTC and the Troup County School System work to expand their partnership and offer students more...

Farm and Commerce Inspections/Reports Local News Top Stories

Title Carroll EMC encourages students to apply for scholarships

Carrollton, GA—A selection of scholarship opportunities from Carroll Electric Membership Cooperative (EMC) are available to individuals seeking post-secondary education or training. Eligible candidates may compete for the Walter Harrison,...

Health & Fitness Inspections/Reports Local News Top Stories

Title CDC expands booster shot eligibility and strengthens recommendations for 12-17 year olds

CDC now recommends that adolescents age 12 to 17 years old should receive a booster shot 5 months after their initial Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination series. Data show that COVID-19 boosters help broaden and strengthen protection against...

Inspections/Reports Top Stories

Title Georgia joins $26 billion settlement with opioid distributors and Johnson & Johnson

Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the State of Georgia has signed on to the $26 billion multi-state agreement with Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen – the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – and opioid...

Title Carr: Human trafficking prosecution unit secures indictment

State, local partnership protects potential victims by preventing future crime ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr today announced the office’s Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit has secured the indictment of Demonte Engle...

Obituaries

Title Billy Joe Payne

Billy Joe Payne, 72, of Carrollton, passed away January 6, 2022. Billy was born April 20, 1949 in Tallapoosa, Georgia, son of the late Willie Fate Payne and Cleo L. Brown Payne. Billy served his country in the United States Army and worked as...

Art and Culture Farm and Commerce Local News Top Stories

Title Center for the Arts screens Hayward film January 8

The Carrollton Center for the Arts will celebrate Oscar winner (and former Carrollton resident) Susan Hayward with a showing of her film, The Honey Pot, January 8. “We welcome this annual opportunity to honor the work of a star who some...

Art and Culture Farm and Commerce Inspections/Reports Local News Top Stories

Title Tourism brought $122M to Carroll in 2020

Visitors to Carroll County generated $122.8 million in direct, domestic traveler expenditures in 2020, the Carrollton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau announced today. According to an annual study commissioned by the Georgia Department of...

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