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🌱 How a Carrollton 8-year-old overcame micro-preemie odds to thrive

Carrollton, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min read

Good morning Carrollton! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Carrollton 8-year-old overcame micro-preemie odds to thrive
  • Why a former Steelers running back visited Carrollton’s Central High players

Also on today's calendar: Buffalo Creek Work Day and 2 more events.

Today's riddle: How did the ram get lost while driving? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
  • Monday: Partly sunny, warm and humid, temps: high: 86, low: 63. 🌶 Hot!
  • Tuesday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Two micro-preemies share a legacy of survival (times-georgian.com) — A Carrollton family is celebrating the remarkable survival story of 8-year-old Braelyn, who was born a micro-preemie just like her mother decades earlier. After 106 days in a neonatal intensive care unit, she’s now thriving in school, playing softball, cheering, and helping care for her younger brother, while her mother honors three generations through cherished handmade preemie outfits.
   

• Depot After Dark: Ex-Steeler Joins Radio, Rudolph Honored, Former Steelers RB Speaks To High School Players (steelersdepot.com) — Central High School football players in Carrollton recently heard former Pittsburgh Steelers and Georgia Bulldogs running back Tim Worley speak about inner discipline and handling success as part of the team’s “Man Series.” His visit was highlighted alongside other Steelers news, but the Carrollton appearance gave local athletes a chance to learn from his NFL experience and personal challenges.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Sunday May 17
  • WSET Level 1 Award in Wines | Carrollton, GA — The Oenophile Institute →
    1881 WINE, 304-A Adamson Square, Carrollton
    10:00 am
  • Baccalaureate
    Bremen City Bremen, GA 30110
    2:00 pm
    • Monday May 18
  • BMS BMU race starting at BHS gym
    Bremen City Bremen, GA 30110
    8:30 am
  • Colorguard and Majorette Camp in BHS Gym
    Bremen City Bremen, GA 30110
    3:00 pm
  • Soccer End of Season awards
    Bremen City Bremen, GA 30110
    3:00 pm
    • Tuesday May 19
  • Marching Band JAM in Band room
    Bremen City Hamilton-McPherson Fine Arts Center, Bremen, GA, 424 Georgia Av
  • May 19, 2026 General Primary Election →
    Carroll County, GA Calendar Carrollton, GA 30117
    7:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Good afternoon everyone !
    Tomorrow I am having a yard sale 5/15 from 9am-2pm 134 wrenwood lane Carrollton GA .Hope to see you there. (Nextdoor College and Rome)
  • Magna posted a job opening for Forklift Driver - 2nd Shift in Carrollton. Apply here.
  • PlayCore posted a job opening for Material Handler in Carrollton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Carrollton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Bremen

  • Fallen law enforcement officers honored with Bremen memorial wall (fox5atlanta.com)

Villa Rica

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He missed his ewe turn. (Thank you Clayton M. for sending it in!)
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