Report: Tourism Brought $150.1 Million To Carroll County In 2021 

September 7, 2022 (Carrollton, Ga.) – Visitors to Carroll County generated $150.1 million in direct, domestic traveler expenditures in 2021, an increase of just more than 22 percent over 2020, the Carrollton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau announced today.  According to an annual study commissioned by the Georgia Department of Economic Development, visitors to Carroll […]

Kemp Appoints Daniel To Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council 

Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced 63 appointments to various boards, commissions, and councils. Among those… John Daniel of Haralson County is appointed to the Georgia Peace Officers Standards and Training Council. Daniel currently serves as the Chief of Police of the Haralson County School Police Department and the school system’s Transportation Director. […]

Carrollton Woman Charged With Murder; Accused of Providing Drugs That Led To Death in Haralson County

“Sheriff Williams said Thursday that those that bring illegal drugs into our communities that cause deaths will be held responsible …” The Haralson County Sheriff’s Office issued the following report on Thursday:     On Thursday, September 1, 2022, Agents with the Haralson Paulding Drug Task Force and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jessica Marie […]

Full circle: Speech therapy recipient returns as graduate student clinician

When Emily Ferreira ’21 was still nonverbal at age 2, medical and speech professionals rallied around her family to help the toddler. The team eventually included speech-language pathologists (SLP) at the University of West Georgia. Today, Ferreira has come full circle and is a UWG College of Education (COE) graduate student clinician working at the […]

Pregnant Woman Killed; 2 Juveniles Injured in Sunday Crash

The Georgia State Patrol reports that a single vehicle crash (last) Sunday resulted in the death of a pregnant woman and injury to two juveniles. The GSP initially provided info that On 08/28/22, Troopers arrived at the crash of a Chevrolet Tahoe that had been traveling east on Rocky Branch Road, crossed the centerline and […]

‘This working-day world’ UWG to host ‘Why Shakespeare?’ community lecture that marries English, business

William Shakespeare: Poet. Playwright. Actor. Entrepreneur? If you think about it, the 16th century Bard of Avon was a shrewd businessman for his time. As part owner of London’s Globe Theatre and a member of acting company Lord Chamberlain’s Men, he was arguably one of the first people to make a sustainable profit off of […]

Carroll County Sees Drop in July Unemployment Rate

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Carroll County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.8 percent in July, down five-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 3.7 percent. “This summer, we have seen unemployment rates drop while job numbers have climbed,” said Commissioner Mark Butler. “As employers have […]

Haralson County Sees Drop in July Unemployment Rate

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Haralson County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.6 percent in July, down six-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 3.5 percent. “This summer, we have seen unemployment rates drop while job numbers have climbed,” said Commissioner Mark Butler. “As employers have […]

Surgical Suites for Open Heart Under Construction at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton

Construction is underway on two new operating suites that are key to Tanner Health System’s open-heart surgery program at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. The expansion, located on the ground level of Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, required earth removal and the pouring of a new concrete floor before adding studs for the new operating suite walls. The 5,620 […]

Carrollton Receives Grants From Georgia Council For The Arts

(Carrollton, Ga.) – The Carrollton Center for the Arts was awarded $11,000 in grants by Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA), a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, as part of its initial disbursement of grants for fiscal year 2023. “The arts sector has proven its resilience over the last two years […]