Milestones Testing Will Again Account For 20% of High School Students’ Grades in 2022
For the first time since 2019, end-of-the-year Georgia Milestones Testing will count for 20-percent of your public high school student’s final grade. Last year, because of schooling hardships from the covid-19 pandemic, end of year testing counted for only .01 percent of a student’s grade. Failing the test did not prevent students from advancing to […]
TextMyGov™ service to help Villa Rica residents report issues
VILLA RICA, Georgia — There’s a new way for Villa Rica residents to communicate with city employees – and it’s as close as their cellphone. “TextMyGov” is a system that works with any such phone equipped with texting. It’s designed to allow residents to report issues to city departments in such a way as to […]
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding To Allow For Hiring of Three Additional Assistant DAs for Coweta Judicial Circuit
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Award Announced for Coweta Judicial Circuit (Carroll County, GA) Chief Superior Court Judge, John Simpson of the Coweta Judicial Circuit and Sheriff Terry Langley of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office are proud to announce a grant in the amount of $1,983,773.00 that will benefit the Carroll County Judicial Center. […]
GBI Asked To Determine Cause Of Jail Inmate’s Death
The Georgia Bureau Of Investigation has been asked by the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office to investigate the death of an inmate in the Haralson County Jail. According to reports, Friday morning, a jail employee found 67-year old Charles Dennis Smith of Buchanan- “unresponsive, in his cell.” Records show that Smith was being held on a […]
BOE Candidate Says Carroll County Schools District Is Breaking BOE Policy & State Law
The Carroll County Schools District on Monday denied an assertion made by a candidate for the school board of education, that the school district is breaking BOE policy and state law – when it comes to the amount of money the district currently shows to possessing in the district’s unreserved fund balance. District 5 candidate […]
House Committee Approves Legislation to Keep Individuals Convicted of Killing Police Officers in Maximum Security Prisons; Dedicated to Fallen Villa Rica Police Officer
ATLANTA – The House Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee, chaired by State Representative J. Collins (R-Villa Rica), today passed House Bill 1553, or Bishop’s Law. Introduced by State Representative Clint Crowe (R-Jackson), Bishop’s Law would require individuals convicted of killing a police officer to serve their sentences in the state’s highest security prisons. “The […]
