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Thursday's crash scene. (Photo: Walter Geiger)

Updated: One hurt in four-lane crash

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Walter Geiger

Thursday, November 14. 2019

Updated: 1 day ago

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The male driver of a white Toyota Avalon walked away from a collision with a tractor-trailer rig at the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 7 and the Hwy. 36 Bypass Thursday. The crash happened at about 12:20 p.m.

The Toyota was northbound and hit the big rig which was crossing the four-lane to head south. The driver of the Toyota walked to the ambulance but was transported to Spalding Regional with what appeared to be minor injuries. Firefighters dealt with a diesel fuel leak from one of the truck's tanks at the scene. The truck driver was unhurt.

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Updated: Last ESF signup is today

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Walter Geiger

Thursday, November 14. 2019

Updated: 2 days ago

The Empty Stocking Fund is offering one last signup day Thursday for parents and guardians to seek assistance with Christmas gifts. Signups will be taken at the Barnesville fire station on Forsyth Street from 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Parents should bring an EBT letter, check stub or some other proof of household income.

“We already have 168 kids from 68 families signed up so we need the public’s support,” chairman Glenn Forsyth reported.

New toys and monetary donations can be dropped off at the fire station. Donations can also be made at any United Bank location.

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Death Notices

Kenneth Eugene Wehunt

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Tasha Webster

Friday, November 8. 2019

Mr. Kenneth Eugene Wehunt, age 88, of Barnesville, GA passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at his residence.
Ken was born in Jasper, GA on Sunday, July 12, 1931 to the late Luther B. Wehunt and the late Frances Winkler Wehunt. He is also preceded in death by his wife, Martha Helen Hoyle Wehunt; four brothers; six sisters. Ken graduated from Berry College and from the University of Georgia, where he received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. After graduating from the University of Georgia, he returned to Berry College where he taught as a professor for 17 years. Ken was formerly employed at Strain Poultry Farms, where he worked from 1969 until 1986.
Ken is survived by his son, David Wehunt; daughter, Amy Quaile; grandchildren, Philicia Gore and husband, Ben, and Gabriel Wehunt; great-grandchild, Ben Gore, Jr.
A funeral service for Mr. Kenneth Wehunt will be held on Monday, November 11, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Breedlove Memorial Chapel with Pastor Charlie Steck officiating. Interment will follow in Lamar Memory Gardens. Friends may visit the family Sunday, November 10, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Williams-Westbury Funeral Home.
Those who wish may sign the online guest registry at www.williams-westburyfuneralhome.com
Williams-Westbury Funeral Home, 526 College Drive, Barnesville is serving the Wehunt family.

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Donna Johnson murder archive

Murder victim Donna Johnson

Johnson case evidence should be presented to grand jury

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Walter Geiger

Friday, December 2. 2011

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By Dewitt Edenfield

Why do we the citizens who put the people in the positions of legal authority – the very ones who decide which cases should be brought before the grand jury – accept it when cases that should be presented are not, for whatever reasons? The one that hurts the most – and presents the worst picture of our legal system – is the Donna Marie Ogletree Johnson murder case.

We know Donna Johnson was killed in a manner that was both violent and diabolical. We know there was enough evidence to make an arrest. We also know there was – and is – sufficient evidence to present the case to the grand jury. [Full Story »]

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