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Advance Voting starts this Monday, April 30 in the Elections Office on the first floor of the Douglas County Courthouse from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday through May 18. The courthouse will also be the site of Saturday voting on May 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For those who don't take advantage of Advance Voting, all regular polling places will be open on Election Day, May 22, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Locally, voters who choose a Democratic ballot will have a choice between Sonya Compton, Rudy Harris and Christina Peterson in a countywide race for solicitor general. The winner of the Democratic primary will move on to the Nov. 6 general election to face incumbent Matthew Krull, who has no opposition in the Republican primary.
The Georgia Legislature passed a bill March 29 that creates a regional transit authority and provides for a new funding option for metro Atlanta's 13 counties. On the final version of the bill, Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, who represents House District 67, was the only member of Douglas County's eight-member state delegation who voted against it.
Villa Rica and Douglasville may be on the verge of a new era of development, thanks to two pieces of legislation that are now headed to the desk of Gov. Nathan Deal. Two separate bills authorizing referenda to create Tax Allocation Districts in both communities have now cleared both houses of the General Assembly.
This Friday is the last day for prospective local political candidates to file a Declaration of Intent to run for political office this year. A DOI must be filed before a candidate can begin campaigning and raising campaign contributions, according to Laurie Fulton, election supervisor.
After serving Douglas County for 17 years as a prosecutor, District Attorney Brian Fortner announced Tuesday he's decided to run for state court judge next year. Fortner told the Sentinel he will run for the seat that has been held by State Court Judge W. O'Neal Dettmering Jr. since 2001.
Mr. William Talmadge "Bill" "Hoss" Kay Sr., 86, of Carrollton, Georgia passed away Sunday, April 30, 2017. Born August 31, 1930 in Ocala, Florida, son of the late Mr. Willie Louis Kay and the late Mrs. Mattie "Belle" Cole Kay, Talmadge was the oldest of seven.
For the third year in a row, state Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, is heading into the Georgia legislative session with plans to expand medical marijuana in the state.
A leak in a pipeline that supplies Georgia and other states in the South and East Coast caused gasoline prices to spike in Douglas County and across metro Atlanta at the end of the week. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded was already up to $2.39 a gallon Friday night at several Douglasville gas stations, according to GasBuddy.com .
Law enforcement agencies from Douglas County and throughout Georgia are partnering this weekend to help the flood-ravaged community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, through what is being called a "Convoy of Care." "I think this is an historic event and I am excited to really show what Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal talks about as being 'One Georgia,'" said Clarence Cox, National Vice President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives .