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Alleged killers due in court Dec. 19

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Monday, December 5. 2011

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Three Barnesville men charged in connection with the shooting death of a Gordon College student at a home in Westchester Heights last year face preliminary hearings in Lamar superior court December 19 before Judge Tommy Wilson. [Full Story »]

Crawford obituary

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Staff Writer

in Obituaries

Monday, December 5. 2011

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Julia Ruth Crawford, 75 of Barnesville died Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. The family can be contacted at her residence. Services were held Saturday, Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. at East Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. [Full Story »]

Virden obituary

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Walter Geiger

in Obituaries

Monday, December 5. 2011

Celestine Cardwell Virden, 89, of College Park died Friday, Nov. 25.
The family can be contacted at her residence. Services were held Friday, Dec. 2 at 11:30 a.m. at East Mt. Sinai Baptist Church. [Full Story »]

Clemons obituary

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Walter Geiger

in Obituaries

Monday, December 5. 2011

David Ernest Clemons Sr., 73, of Barnesville died on Friday, Nov. 25, 2011. The family can be contacted at his residence. Services were held Thursday, Dec. 1 at 1 p.m. at Greater Spring Hill Baptist Church of Milner. [Full Story »]

Chicken-Corn Chowder

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Tasha Webster

in Food

Monday, December 5. 2011

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Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 cups 2% reduced-fat milk
2 cups chopped roasted skinless, boneless chicken breasts (about 2 breast halves)
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels (about 3 ears)
1 teaspoon chopped fresh or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 (14 3/4) can cream style corn

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Johnson case evidence should be presented to grand jury

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

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 »]

Festival of Trees set for Dec. 3

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Walter Geiger

in Headlines

Thursday, December 1. 2011

Twelve trees are entered so far in the Festival of Trees set for Dec. 3, 3-7 p.m., at the women’s clubhouse on Stafford Avenue. [Full Story »]

Whitworth obituary

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Obituaries

Thursday, December 1. 2011

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Carol Ann Dumas Whitworth, 64, of Barnesville, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 at First United Methodist Church in Barnesville. The family will receive friends at Williams Funeral Home Thursday, Dec. 1, from 5:30-8 p.m. [Full Story »]