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Wendell Wright Barnes, age 89, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, March 15, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18th, 2015 at Mulberry Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Tommy Mason officiating. A visitation will be held prior to the service at 1:00 p.m. at the church. A private burial will follow the service.
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A high-tech research project helped along by a middle Georgia hunt club recently began tracking one of the state’s most rare raptors – a golden eagle.

Project partners including West Virginia University, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Cellular Tracking Technologies and Devil’s Backbone Hunting Club teamed to catch the young eagle at a “bait” pile Feb. 15 and attach a tracking device. The club’s 4,700-acre lease borders Sprewell Bluff Wildlife Management Area near Thomaston. [Full Story »] 

Though work is not yet complete, Barnesville's new wastewater treatment plant went online January 20. All processes have been transitioned from the old facility at the same Gordon Road site. [Full Story »] 

A second body was located at Still Branch Reservoir around 1:43 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. The body was recovered using DRN side scan and sonar sector scanner and positively identified as Joseph "Brian" Reese, 34, of Concord, the father of Joseph "Flynt" Reese, 3, of Greenville whose body was found Monday evening at the reservoir. Brian Reese was a 1999 graduate of Pike County High School and loved to hunt and fish.

According to reports, another fisherman saw the un-capsized empty boat with nobody in it and called 911. The bodies recovered will be sent to the crime lab for autopsy.

"This incident is currently under investigation by the DNR," said Pike Fire Department PIO Anita Neath. [Full Story »] 

The body of a driver burned in a fatal crash on Smith Road in north Monroe County Monday has been taken to the GBI crime lab for positive identification. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

Though it arrived too late to present to the March term Lamar grand jury that is convened this week, Towaliga Circuit district attorney Richard Milam now has the GBI case file regarding a sexual battery charge lodged against Barnesville city councilman Sammie Shropshire. [Full Story »] 

Between Monday, March 1 and Friday, March 6, the sheriff’s office processed the following people through the jail: [Full Story »] 

Applachian 'ghosts':
Rare Golden Eagle trapped, tagged along Flint River; several others spotted.

World's longest yard sale:
Peaches to Beaches event kicks off in Barnesville here this Friday, Saturday.

Successful startup:
James A. King wastewater treatment plant now online; to be dedicated in May.

A star:
Former Globetrotter Melvin Adams to inspire LCHS students March 20 at school assembly.

Opinion:
Marty Harbin is the new face of governmental secrecy in the Georgia State Senate.

Jan Jones Marsh, 59, died Sunday, March 8. [Full Story »]