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COVID-19 Monitor

Nov. 29: 553 cases, 23 deaths

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Sunday, November 29. 2020

Lamar County was up to 553 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 23 deaths as of the Sunday case count update from DPH. Lamar is recorded as having 51 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) 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 420,601 confirmed cases with 34,782 hospitalizations and 8778 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 465 cases, 39 hospitalizations and 12 deaths.
Upson: 940 cases, 105 hospitalizations and 71 deaths.
Monroe: 910 cases, 97 hospitalizations and 59 deaths.
Butts: 885 cases, 62 hospitalizations and 45 deaths.
Spalding: 1923 cases, 225 hospitalizations and 73 deaths.

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Headlines

Multiple candidates eye runs for magistrate

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, November 25. 2020

While Lamar County had only one contested local race - that for county coroner - on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, the special election to fill the post of chief magistrate has drawn a host of potential candidates who are kicking the tires and considering entering the fray. [Full Story »]

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Features

Free COVID-19 testing Saturday

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Walter Geiger

Monday, November 23. 2020

Free COVID-19 testing will be offered Saturday, Nov. 28 at the Lamar County Health Department on Academy Drive in Barnesville. The hours are 9 a.m. - noon.

Preregistration is strongly encouraged.

For more information, call 770.358.1483.

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Sports

Junior WR/DB Braydon Pines and his teammates close out the 2020 football season tonight.

Trojans fall 28-14

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Walter Geiger

Friday, November 20. 2020

The Lamar County Trojans closed out the 2020 football season Friday night with a 28-14 loss to the Northeast Raiders. LC is out of the playoff picture.

Check back often tonight for realtime scoring from the sidelines.

0:40.90 1st qtr: NE 7 LC 0: NE 5 yard TD run. PAT good.

5:03 2nd qtr: NE 13 LC 0: NE 8 yard TD run. PAT blocked.

6:42 3rd qtr: NE 20 LC 0: NE 1 yard TD run. PAT good.

11:35 4th qtr: NE 20 LC 7: CJ Allen 73 yard TD run. Josh Moore PAT.

2:07 4th qtr: NE 28 LC 7: NE 2 yard TD run. Two point PAT good.

0:17 4th qtr: NE 28 LC 14: Devin Bateman 30 yard TD run. Moore PAT.

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Opinion

What I'm thankful for this year

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Walter Geiger

Wednesday, November 25. 2020

By Mike Ruffin

As our annual day of Thanksgiving approaches, I thought I’d share some of the things for which I’m thankful this year.

1. I’m thankful for my wife, our children, and our grandchildren. They are the greatest gifts I will receive in this life.

2. I’m thankful for science. We need all the facts we can get. And we need to take them seriously.

3. I’m thankful for leaders who take science seriously.
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