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Entries from January 2014

Chick Willis tribute on tap

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Headlines
Monday, January 20. 2014
Sammy Blue, Newton Collier and others are organizing a benefit tribute for bluesman Chick Willis. Willis lived in Monroe County and had headlined the BBQ & Blues Festival here. [Full Story »] 

Tenney named to All-Middle Georgia XC team

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Sports
Monday, January 20. 2014
By Ken K. Green

Lamar County’s Sydney Tenney was recently named to the 2013 Macon Telegraph All-Middle Georgia cross country team. [Full Story »] 

MLK marchers brave cold for tribute

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Monday, January 20. 2014
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A large crowd of marchers took part in MLK Day festivities Monday morning in downtown Barnesville. [Full Story »] 

MLK events on tap Monday

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Sunday, January 19. 2014
The 2014 remembrance celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is planned for Jan. 20, starting with Dr. Bill parade assembly at 9 a.m. at the E.P. Roberts Center on Mill Street. [Full Story »] 

High Falls Lake level to be dropped

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Saturday, January 18. 2014
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources will soon conduct scheduled repairs and maintenance on the dam at High Falls State Park. [Full Story »] 

Margaret E. Moore

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Death Notices
Friday, January 17. 2014
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Moore, better known as “Aunt Margaret,” age 97 of Milner, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014 at Upson Regional Hospital. [Full Story »] 

Suspect charged with operating chop shop

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Friday, January 17. 2014
On Jan. 15, the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at 157 Poplar Street Griffin, Georgia and found what appeared to be a chop shop. [Full Story »] 

Nell Lumpkin Kinsey

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Death Notices
Friday, January 17. 2014
Mrs. Nell L. Kinsey, age 82, of Concord, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 at Brightmoor Hospice. [Full Story »] 

John Harper

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Death Notices
Friday, January 17. 2014
Mr. John Harper, age 95, of Barnesville passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 in a Thomaston healthcare facility. [Full Story »] 

Woman claims coyote that attacked her was last seen near schools

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Friday, January 17. 2014
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Residents are being warned to stay on the lookout for a possibly rabid coyote by an Ashley Oaks resident who claims it bit her on Tuesday night. [Full Story »] 

Ground broken for Gordon SARC

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Gordon State College news
Thursday, January 16. 2014
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new, $13.5 million Student Activities and Recreation Center were held on the Gordon State College campus Jan. 16. [Full Story »] 

Veteran bailiffs honored upon retirement

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Headlines
Thursday, January 16. 2014
Three veteran bailiffs who are retiring with years of experience at the Lamar County courthouse were honored with a luncheon January 16 in the grand jury room. [Full Story »] 

Dogs may have saved injured man's life

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Features
Thursday, January 16. 2014
By Kay S. Pedrotti

They don’t look much like heroes, but two big Labrador retrievers may be the reason why Dan Andrews is still alive.

“They follow me around everywhere,” Dan said last weekend, still bandaged and sore from his mishap. “I am so grateful they did follow me that day I was taking down trees. I believe they saved my life.” [Full Story »] 

GSC student center groundbreaking is Thursday

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Headlines
Wednesday, January 15. 2014
A groundbreaking ceremony for the new Gordon State College Student Recreation Center is set for 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16. [Full Story »] 

Hooks begins chamber career

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Wednesday, January 15. 2014
Marshall Hooks, the new president of the Chamber of Commerce, is on the job.

Hooks officially began work Wednesday morning but had already begun work on the BBQ & Blues Festival which is just a scant three months distant on the horizon.

IDA executive director Missy Kendrick is encouraging business men and women and the local citizenry to come by and welcome Hooks to town.
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