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Splashy:
First ever local color run added to Battle of the Bones event schedule May 2.

Cream of the crop:
Maryann Casteel survived cancer and has the B-LC community to thank for it.

Dunrovin:
Inclement weather has put demolition of old Murphey Avenue home on hold.

Twister:
1956 tornado wreaked havoc here according to published accounts.

Suspect convicted of 1994 murder

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Crime and Arrests

Monday, March 2. 2015

Larry Stanford was found guilty of two counts of Felony Murder and two counts of Malice Murder Feb. 27, charges that stem from the 1994 homicide that occurred at 1341 Boyd’s Row in Griffin. After 20 long years, Stanford received life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Phillip Leaks and life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Peggy Stanford. The second life sentence is consecutive to the first life sentence. [Full Story »]

Friends of Old Jail Museum campaign launched

Posted by

Walter Geiger

in Headlines

Sunday, March 1. 2015

The Friends of the Old Jail Museum & Archives campaign has been launched to honor the years of volunteer work by Shanna English in preserving and presenting the history of Barnesville and Lamar County at the facility. [Full Story »]