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Some council members mull idea of hiring attorney to probe mayor's wreck
by Amanda Thomas / Douglas Count Sentinel
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The Douglasville City Council has called a special meeting for 7:30 p.m. tonight to consider adopting a resolution regarding an accident Mayor Harvey Persons had with his city-owned vehicle on Vale...

Suspects in mill fire arson appear in court
by Amanda Thomas / Douglas Count Sentinel
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Four men accused of setting fire to the historic General Western Cotton Mill on Bankhead Highway made their first appearance before a Douglas County judge Wednesday morning. The suspects, who Doug...
Foreclosures, short sales help boost sakes of local properties
by Haisten Willis / Douglas County Sentinel
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Data released by the real estate tracking firm RealtyTrac show that nearly 60 percent of Douglas County’s home sales in the first quarter of 2012 were in some stage of foreclosure or were bank owne...

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How do you feel about a 'Sunday Sales' vote?
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Should local governments put a referendum on the ballot on whether to allow the sale of packaged alcohol on Sunday so that voters can decide the issue?

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  • Two new businesses open in Buchanan
    by Amy K. Lavender/The Haralson Gateway-Beacon
    05.30.12 - 11:58 pm
  • Suspects in mill fire arson appear in court
    by Amanda Thomas / Douglas Count Sentinel
    05.30.12 - 11:57 pm
  • Spyro Gyro back in business after absence of seven years
    by Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian
    05.30.12 - 11:57 pm
  • Group aims to preserve historic community
    by Amy K. Lavender/The Haralson Gateway-Beacon
    05.30.12 - 11:57 pm
  • Hollingsworth promises ‘fresher approach’
    by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
    05.30.12 - 11:55 pm
  • Foreclosures, short sales help boost sakes of local properties
    by Haisten Willis / Douglas County Sentinel
    05.30.12 - 11:55 pm
  • Pocali resigns post with city amid talk of consolidation of efforts with county
    by Amanda Thomas / Douglas County Sentinel
    05.30.12 - 09:41 am
  • Community support for Aimee continues
    by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
    05.29.12 - 11:59 pm
  • Social media tip leads to four suspects in mill fire
    by Haisten Willis / Douglas County Sentinel
    05.29.12 - 11:59 pm
  • McClain rules that Franklin trial in Tillman death will remain open and local
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    05.29.12 - 11:57 pm

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    Girls Soccer: AHS takes All-County Team and Coach honors; Crawford named POY
    by Rory Sharrock / Special to the Sentinel
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    The 2012 girls’ soccer season featured an assortment of highlights with hard corner kicks and diving saves in the net by goalkeepers with elastic arms. However, the cream of the crop in the communi...
    Jan and Bill Thomas step down from Youth Titans wrestling after 22 years
    by Rory Sharrock / Special to the Sentinel
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    Douglas County is loaded with several top-rated youth leagues and feeder programs that provide the necessary training for athletes to excel on the high school level. However, perhaps one of the ar...
    BASEBALL: AHS reflects on intense series
    by Ashley Gulick / Special to the Sentinel
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    Although the Alexander Cougar baseball team suffered a tough loss in the second round of state playoffs, head coach Chris Brown is still thrilled with the progress and accomplishments that his team...

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    Gunman kills five people and himself in Seattle rampage

    Friends and patrons of Cafe Racer console each other at the scene of a crime in North Seattle, where earlier a gunman shot two men and a woman to deathSEATTLE (Reuters) - A gunman killed four people at a popular Seattle cafe on Wednesday then fled to a downtown parking lot where he killed a fifth person and stole her car before shooting himself in the head as police closed in, authorities said. The suspect, identified as Ian Lee Stawicki, 40, and described as mentally disturbed, died at a hospital hours after the late-morning slayings, which police initially treated as two separate incidents. ...


    Thu May 31 06:19:50 UTC 2012
    Closing statements in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial
    PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Closing arguments were to begin on Thursday in the closely watched child sex abuse case against a Roman Catholic priest and a church monsignor who is the highest-ranking U.S. church official to stand trial in a pedophilia scandal. The jury has heard ten weeks of testimony in the trial of Monsignor William Lynn, the former secretary of the clergy in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, and the Reverend James Brennan. Lynn, 61, is accused of conspiracy and child endangerment and could face as much as 28 years in prison if convicted. ...
    Thu May 31 08:40:17 UTC 2012
    Wal-Mart ending membership in conservative group

    A general view of a Wal-Mart store in Mexico CityROGERS, Arkansas (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's No. 1 retailer and the biggest seller of firearms in the United States, is dropping out of a U.S. conservative advocacy group that has been a lightning rod over voting and gun laws. Wal-Mart said late Wednesday it is suspending membership in the American Legislative Council (ALEC), which the retailer joined in 1993. ALEC sparked controversy recently because of its involvement in voting laws and in "stand your ground" gun laws, including the one under scrutiny in the Florida killing of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February. ...


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