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Villa Rica High School has announced its highest academic achievers for next year's graduating class.
Posted inEducation

Villa Rica High School Names Top Students For Class Of 2025

by B.T. ClarkMay 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Villa Rica High School has announced its highest academic achievers for next year’s graduating class. 🎓 Why It Matters: These academic honors represent the pinnacle of student achievement at Villa Rica High School and will follow these students throughout their college and career journeys. 🏆 The Honorees: Ava Smith earned the title of valedictorian while […]

Villa Rica, Georgia, a small town just 35 minutes west of Atlanta, offers visitors a blend of outdoor recreation, historical sites, and unique attractions centered around its gold mining heritage.
Posted inGeorgia Places

Discover Villa Rica: Georgia’s Hidden Gold Mine Gem

by B.T. ClarkMarch 13, 2025March 13, 2025
Six people from the Rome area were sentenced to federal prison for their involvement in a drug trafficking organization that distributed illegal drugs, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and oxycodone.
Posted inCrime

Six Rome-area Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

by B.T. ClarkNovember 21, 2024November 21, 2024
The name Villa Rica, Georgia, which translates from Spanish to “Rich Village,” has roots deeply intertwined with the gold rush of the early 19th century. Long before it became a quiet town on the outskirts of metro Atlanta, Villa Rica was a bustling site where settlers sought fortune beneath its red clay soil.
Posted inGeorgia Places

How Did Villa Rica, Georgia Get Its Name?

by Thom ChandlerOctober 21, 2024October 21, 2024
Georgia lawmakers are expected to pass legislation this week targeting illegal immigration following the arrest of a Venezuelan man in the U.S. illegally for the murder of an Augusta University nursing student in Athens.
Posted inCrime

Here’s What Georgia is Doing to Clamp Down on Illegal Immigration after Laken Riley’s Murder

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 28, 2024February 28, 2024
The First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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