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A memorial will be unveiled at Station 1 on Hwy. 36 West at 4 p.m.

By Walter Geiger

On the morning of Dec. 14, 2013, Lamar County football fans were on top of the world. Throngs of them were on their way to the Georgia Dome to see the Trojans play in a state championship for the first time in school history.

The Trojans lost that game 14-7 but the future looked bright. Many thought the program was on the doorstep of being a dynasty.

Now, just over three years later, the Dome is being demolished.

In the three seasons culminating in that title game, Lamar went 38-3-1. In the three since, it has nosedived to 21-12-1, a respectable record but not dynastic. [Full Story »] 

St. George's Episcopal School in Milner is hosting a grilling competition Friday at the school.

For more information, call 770.358.9432.

A 21-year-old man was killed Sunday afternoon on High Falls Road near its intersection with Rock Springs Road. [Full Story »] 

Multiple reports late Monday morning indicated Trojan head football coach Bryan Love had accepted the head coaching job at Woodland High School in Henry County.

The Herald Gazette has now confirmed that move. [Full Story »] 

Advance voting in the March 21 SPLOST referendum got underway here last week and runs through March 17. Ballots may be cast daily at the elections board office in the county annex on Thomaston Street.

During the first week, voters cast 54 advance ballots and elections superintendent Anita Reid and her staff sent out 92 absentee ballots. [Full Story »]