 On August 21, 1995, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 529 crashed near Carrollton.Nine of the 29 passengers and crew on board were killed as a result of the accident.The city attracted news media attention amidst allegations of censorship in September 2011 when the mayor overruled the board of the city-owned Carrollton Cultural Arts Center in order to ban as "very offensive" the live stage musical "The Rocky Horror Show" that had been scheduled for a run just before Halloween.