TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® Douglas County teamed up with the Paulding County Explorers Post 110 to pick up items for victims of tornados in South Georgia. The Paulding County Sheriff’s department.

Kearston Croft and Maci Aikens from Hiram High School sign with COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY

The House today approved, with Rep. Tom Graves’ (R-GA-14) support, the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 387), bipartisan legislation updating privacy protections for emails maintained by third-party service providers, such as Google and Yahoo. Email privacy laws were last updated in 1986.

Congratulations to the New Georgia Students of the Month! We are very proud that these students represent New Georgia and their community so well.

2017 Signees for East Paulding High School Cameron Foster, Dylan Prater, Michael Cone, and Jalen Browder.

Deputies responded to a 911 call at 3805 Mt. Tabor Church Road Dallas, GA reference a heated domestic dispute where shots were possibly fired.

As always, Capitol Hill is full of excitement as we continue to make our way through the 2017 legislative session. Week three was eventful as we overwhelmingly passed the amended fiscal year 2017 budget and during week four, we took up measures regarding public safety and agriculture.

Bob Gray, chairman/CEO of the Strategic Planning Group, Inc. (SPG) was keynote speaker for the February Chamber Luncheon. Gray spoke to Paulding business leaders about the results of a recent ED study as part of an address labeled ‘Why Do Economic Development?’

New Georgia Elementary Spelling Bee Winners! We are very proud of both girls! Way to go, Dani and Caela!