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Amber LaCount

Updated: Missing girl found in Forsyth

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Monday, July 19. 2021

Updated: 6 days ago

UPDATE: Amber LaCount has been found in Forsyth with her mother, according to Capt. Al Moltum of the Barnesville Police Department.

A search is underway for 14-year-old Amber Lizbeth Adel LaCount who was last seen on Akins Street in Barnesville on June 26. Amber is 5-6, 130 pounds and three months pregnant.

She has blonde hair which had been died red and blue eyes.

If you have seen her or have information regarding her whereabouts, call her father Joe LaCount at 770.843.2754 or the tip line 470.633.5632.

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Caleb Anthony (above) and his band The Holliday Troubadours will headline Saturday night's concert at Ritz park.

Updated: Summer Sizzle is Saturday

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Walter Geiger

Friday, July 23. 2021

Updated: 14 hours ago

The chamber of commerce will bring back Summer Sizzle Saturday. It will begin with a Cruise-In antique car show in the afternoon at the United Bank parking lot.

That evening the spotlight moves to Ritz Park for the first concert there in some time featuring Caleb and the Holliday Troubadours.

Music begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $10. Kids 10 and under get in free.

For more information, call the chamber office at 770.358.5884.

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Sports

Coach Mark Richt

Mark Richt at Rock Springs Aug. 6

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, July 7. 2021

Former UGA and Miami head coach Mark Richt will speak at a Men’s Night gathering August 6 at Rock Springs Church. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a car meet, axe throwing, lawn games and food. Richt revealed last week that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

Admission is free and men of all ages are welcome. The church service begins at 7 p.m. Sponsorships are available and preregistration is encouraged.

To inquire about being a sponsor or to preregister, call 770.229.8663.

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Opinion

Church shopping

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, July 21. 2021

By Mike Ruffin

My Good Wife and I moved to Macon a few weeks ago. At the time, I was in the last month of an interim pastorate in Stockbridge. I finished that assignment on the last Sunday in June. But Pastor Cyndi of the Barnesville First United Methodist Church extended gracious pastoral care to me by inviting me to preach there on the first Sunday in July, thereby letting us postpone for a little longer a process I really don’t look forward to: church shopping.

(The process was postponed for one more week by a Friday afternoon root canal that left my Good Wife still feeling lousy on Sunday. Not being a full-time pastor and not having a preaching commitment that day, I chose to stay home to support her—just like I was a normal husband.)
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Death Notices

Mary Leonora Ginn

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Staff Writer

Thursday, July 22. 2021

Mary Leonora Ginn, 97, died peacefully from a stroke on Monday, July 19, 2021 at Brightmoor Hospice.

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Crime and Arrests

Police report

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Walter Geiger

Saturday, July 24. 2021

Between Monday, July 12 and Monday, July 19 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »]

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COVID-19 Monitor

July 25: 1389 cases, 48 deaths

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Walter Geiger

Sunday, July 25. 2021

Lamar County was up to 1389 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 48 deaths as of the July 25 case count update from DPH. Lamar has recorded 131 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) white male (70) white female (57), black female (78), white male (63), black female (82), black female (68), black male (59), white male (82), white female (71), white male (70), white female (74), white male (78), black male (62); white female (73), white male (66); white male (81); black male (67); black male (64); white male (85); white male (81); white male (60); white female (80); black male (53) white male (81); white male (70); white male (86); black female (84); white female (68); black female (73); black male (90+); white male (69); white male (73); white male (55): white female (88); black female (66); white female (70); white female, (72); white male (80); black male (49); white female (81); white female (83); white male (87); white female (88); white male (86); white female (85); white female (74); black female (87); white male (85).

Statewide there have been 917,915 confirmed cases with 66,324 hospitalizations and 18,663 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 1137 cases, 87 hospitalizations and 29 deaths.
Upson: 1849 cases, 188 hospitalizations and 112 deaths.
Monroe: 1955 cases, 206 hospitalizations and 92 deaths.
Butts: 2422 cases, 143 hospitalizations and 83 deaths.
Spalding: 4320 cases, 508 hospitalizations and 170 deaths.

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