The new Ball Ground Recycling plant on Ga. 5, financed by more than $18 million in tax-free industrial development bonds, is free to go ahead and take another business loan for its operation.

Astronomer- priests called "Keepers of the Time" watched the heavens from this observatory.

Rep. Calvin Hill, R-Canton, said he is "gaining strength every day" after fighting health-related issues during February.

A new wood-based fuel and landscape material production plant is in the final stages of construction on 36 acres on Ga.

The Cherokee County Commissioners, wearing different quasi-governmental hats, are examining Jimmy Boboa s recycling operation in Ball Ground, Ball Ground Recycling LLC, to make sure it is financially sound.

Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison, right, swears in new Cherokee Sheriffa s Office deputies, from left, Sarah Sager of Cartersville, Michael Miller of Acworth, Myrlene Joseph of Atlanta, Lance Olson of Canton and Johnny Richards of Ball Ground at the agencya s headquarters in Canton on Thursday afternoon.

Ball Ground officials have reconsidered annexing portions of Ga. 372 that would have created a guide for the city's future growth.

A Ball Ground man got more than he bargained for while he was trying to fix up a car he bought from a wrecker company last November.

BALL GROUND, Ga. - Finding $200,000 in a used car sounds too good to be true. Well, the money turns out to be counterfeit.

This photo released Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department shows some of the $200,000 of counterfeit bills a Ball Ground, Ga., man found in a car he recently purchased.

Ball Ground officials approved two resolutions to annex portions of Ga. 372 to create a footprint of its future growth.

One of two men who tried to steal copper wiring from a Georgia Power substation last week has been arrested, Cherokee County authorities said Monday.

Two men have been arrested for allegedly trying to steal copper wiring from a Georgia Power substation.

Police are looking for a pair of would-be copper thieves caught trying to nab wiring from a Georgia Power substation.

The Ball Ground Historic District, comprised of the downtown area of the 130-year-old settlement, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a a oeNational Historic Districta on Dec.