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Entries from April 2010

Offenders sentenced in superior court

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in Crime

Sunday, April 4. 2010

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These offenders were sentenced by Judge Bill Fears in Lamar superior court in March. More cases, including that of alleged child pornographer John Raymond Scheu will be heard this week. [Full Story »]

Keep tobacco tax increase alive

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Friday, April 2. 2010

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Savannah Morning News

The Georgia House’s failure to approve a tobacco tax increase, while instead agreeing to levy a new tax on hospitals, is quite frankly baffling. [Full Story »]

Trojans edge Canes 7-6

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Walter Geiger

in Sports

Friday, April 2. 2010

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With both teams suffering the spring break blahs, Lamar County outlasted Monticello, 7-6, in non-region, high school baseball action at Aldora Field Thursday. [Full Story »]

Reagan

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Staff Writer

in Obituaries

Friday, April 2. 2010

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Kimberly Faye Far Reagan, 47, died Sunday, March 28, 2010. Services will be held Thursday, April 1, at 2 p.m. at Rock Springs Church. The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home Wednesday, March 31, from 7-9 p.m. [Full Story »]

Lamar County outlasted Monticello, 7-6

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Ken K. Green

in Sports

Friday, April 2. 2010

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With both teams suffering the spring break blahs, Lamar County outlasted Monticello, 7-6, in non-region, high school baseball action at Aldora Field Thursday. [Full Story »]

Holy week services are plentiful here

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Friday, April 2. 2010

Easter activities, like Easter lilies, are in full bloom locally.

Here’s what’s happening where:

St. Peter the Rock Catholic started its week with Holy Thursday, April 1 with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7 p.m. On Good Friday, April 2 it will observe Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. and Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion at 7 p.m. The Holy Saturday, April 3 Easter Vigil Mass will be at 8:15 p.m. Easter Mass will be at 10 a.m.
[Full Story »]

Georgia congressman: Guam may capsize?

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Walter Geiger

in News

Friday, April 2. 2010

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You just can't make this stuff up.

Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson (he took Cynthia McKinney's spot) tells a Navy Admiral he is afraid too many people on the island of Guam may cause it to capsize. [Full Story »]

Website will be down tonight

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in News

Thursday, April 1. 2010

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Barnesville.com will be down from 9 p.m. tonight through 3 a.m. Friday for changeout of generators in our server room.

We apologize for the inconvenience. [Full Story »]

The opposite of compassion

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Thursday, April 1. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

What Richard Krentz did as a matter of course was compassionate.

What America is doing is not.

The 58-year-old Arizona rancher, described by those who knew him as an unrelenting Good Samaritan, was gunned down in cold blood on his land last week by what most believe must have been a guerrilla in the smuggling of either illegal immigrants or drugs. [Full Story »]

Changes to sports schedule

Posted by

Ken K. Green

in Sports

Thursday, April 1. 2010

Two changes have been made to this week's high school baseball schedule. [Full Story »]

Deer collision brings out lifeflight; victims improving

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Thursday, April 1. 2010

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A Barnesville couple suffered serious injuries Thursday morning when their 1991 Mercury Marquis struck a deer on Highway 41 North near the Pike County line.

The victims were identified by GSP spokesman Mike Maynard as Shelby Copeland, 75, and his wife, Marion Copeland, 76, both of Edgewood Circle in Barnesville [Full Story »]