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By Walter Geiger

The cases against three local young people charged with abandoning a teenaged friend who died of a drug overdose are expected to go before the Lamar County grand jury which convenes June 10. [Full Story »] 

There will be two segments to the annual Lamar Arts Kid’s Camp this year. Both will run from June 10-14 and June 17-21, but this year students will be split into age groups. [Full Story »] 

By Kay S. Pedrotti

Dinh Le, Lamar County high 2009 valedictorian and a popular figure among Barnesville’s young people, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is taking chemotherapy at Emory Hospital. [Full Story »] 

County commission chairman Jay Matthews visited an “agritourism day” at the English Farm racecourse known by the Spanish name for a century-old farm. He said another event is planned for May 19, with reported racehorse training going on.

The track does not yet have a business license and the first reading of the county agritourism code it would fall under is set for Lamar County’s May 21 meeting. The second reading will be held in June. Matthews stressed it would not be only for the English track, which would be the fourth or fifth such facility in Georgia if it is approved. [Full Story »] 

Three persons have been arrested and a fourth is still at large in connection with a murder in Monroe County last week. [Full Story »] 

A crowd of graduates, faculty, staff, family and well-wishers estimated at over 4,000 packed Lambdin Green at Gordon State College Friday morning for the 161st commencement exercise held on the storied campus.

U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss delivered the commencement address.

The screenings in the popular series on the schedule.

Working with the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy, the Lamar County Family Connection Collaborative is moving toward a countywide emphasis on training at least 722 people here on how to prevent child sexual abuse, recognize the signs and react responsibly, LCFCC director Dorothy Carter reported. [Full Story »] 

The annual Lamar Arts Derby Party fundraiser is set for Saturday, May 4, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. It will again be held at Antebellum Oaks, a bed and breakfast on Greenwood Street owned by Dolie McCarthy. [Full Story »] 

Four men from East Point, Georgia, were injured today, May 2, 2013, after the Jeep Wrangler they were traveling in left the roadway around 7:15 a.m. [Full Story »]