The recent indictment of three officials from the Smyrna-based Facility Group has no bearing on the city’s agreement with the company for design/build services for the proposed new public safety and municipal court building, Douglasville officials said.

Youngsters in Douglas County this week who are on spring break from school have had the opportunity to participate in some fun learning experiences during Spring Break Arts Camp at Deer Lick Park which is sponsored by the Cultural Arts Council of Douglasville/Douglas County.

The Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority (WSA) took a giant step forward Tuesday against future drought problems with the acceptance of a bid for the planned 10-foot addition to the Dog River dam.

After nearly five years of negotiations, Villa Rica and the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority have reached a water and sewer agreement.

Seven fifth-graders from Eastside Elementary School will be honored at an April 24 reception for the prize-winning public service announcement (PSA) they wrote for CITI TV.

The Kennedy-Brittain Cemetery just off Mann Road in western Douglas County has no fancy gates, lavish markers or road signs and isn’t visible to passing motorists.

The Douglasville Convention and Conference Center Authority Thursday approved a lease agreement with Douglasville for the city’s use of the former Jett and Liss law office on Church Street for office space.

A reported burglary at Anneewakee Trails Friday morning ended in a one-car wreck near the Highway 92 connector. All three suspects were hospitalized.

Villa Rica’s fiscal year 2008-09 budget is larger than last year, but by only 2.8 percent, a much lower growth rate than in recent history.

Sometimes you just have to take what you can get. When courts get tired of waiting for offenders to pay fines and keeping their paperwork on file, they offer amnesty on the fees incurred from not paying the fine in the first place. In Villa Rica, the municipal court’s warrant amnesty program has earned statewide recognition.