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An incident at the City of Griffin's wastewater tratment plant Wednesday afternoon led to the accidental discharge of 42,600 gallons of untreated wastewater into Potato Creek.

From the plant, Potato Creek flows south into Lamar and Pike counties. [Full Story »] 

The LC school board has scheduled a special called meeting to introduce its new head football coach for 6 p.m. Thursday. The position became vacant when current head coach Bryan Love moved on to Woodland High in Henry County after a lone 6-5 season leading the Trojans.

The new coach has agreed to live in Lamar County.

The search drew over 100 candidates from 10 different states.

The LC Lady Trojans (8-2, 5-0) ran their region match winning streak to 29 games last week with wins over Spencer and Jordan in Columbus. Coach Wayne Calvert’s team last lost a region match on April 12, 2013.

On Wednesday, LC dispatched Spencer (05,0-3) 4-0. Victoria Boland had two goals to lead LC while Rachel Patterson and Skylar Bedgood had one each. [Full Story »] 

Fire broke out at a kiln at Jordan Lumber Co. just after 12:30 p.m. Wednesday. The fire was contained to a superstructure around a chip drying kiln.

Units from LCFD and BFD battled the blaze.

No injuries were reported. Employees casually at lunch in the parking lot as firefighters attempted to extinguish the flames.

UPDATE:

The fire was finally brought under control at 3:25 p.m.

A memorial service for 21-year-old William Zachary Bryan Chambers, who was killed in a traffic accident on High Falls Road in Lamar County Sunday, has been set for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Conner-Westbury Funeral Home in Griffin.

Chambers, of 29 Cato St. in Griffin, died at the scene of the crash.

Survivors include his father and spouse, David and Joanna Chambers; mother and spouse, Lori and Robert Williams; brother, Mason Pope; sister, Gracie Chambers; fiancé, Brianna Lewis; grandparents; great grandparents.

A Lamar County man was taken to an area hospital Monday afternoon after a rollover crash on Hwy. 18 West.

The driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee was eastbound when he ran off the road in between the county line and the Potato Creek bridge and hit an embankment. The Jeep flipped end over end.

A witness said the driver, the only person in the vehicle, managed to extricate himself from the mangled Jeep but later collapsed on the side of the road. He was conscious as he was loaded into the ambulance.

The body of a Ft. Valley man was found early Friday near a hunting camp in Upson County.

UPDATE:

Investigation is continuing into the death of Troymaine Johnson. Johnson’s body was located in the early morning hours of March 17 at a hunting camp on Triune Mill Rd. in Upson County. We have determined that Johnson, a paraplegic , confined to a wheelchair left his home in Fort Valley on Tuesday. March 14 with a female companion. On March 17 the female reported to officers from the Thomaston Police Department that she had abandoned Johnson in the woods and was uncertain of the exact location. She gave general directions of where she left him. Deputies from the Upson County Sheriff’s Office located Johnson deceased at the hunting camp property. The female is in custody on unrelated charges. Charges related to the death of Johnson are forthcoming upon receipt of information from the State crime lab. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and District Attorney Ben Coker are assisting with this investigation.

This investigation is active and ongoing. More details will be released as they become available.

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Marion Matthews VFW Post 6542 Auxiliary will host a Saint Patrick's Day Party on Friday, March 17. The party will include karaoke with DJs Jessi Jane and Kevin from 8 p.m. to midnight. The party will also include Wheel of Fortune, refreshments, door prizes and a raffle for the Saint Patrick’s Day basket.

“Wear your green and come on out for a good time and good food with good friends,” said VFW Auxiliary president Judy Ingram.

Four people were taken to an area hospital Wednesday morning after a 9:30 a.m. crash on Sims Street in Barnesville. [Full Story »] 

A truck caught fire after a two-vehicle accident in front of the library on Highway 19 south in Zebulon around 6:40 a.m. Thursday morning. The wreck resulted in two fatalities with two people lifeflighted to Grady.
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A home on Bowen Road on the Pike/Lamar county line was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived around 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 6.

One person was injured at the 186 Bowen Road home and transported by ambulance to Grady in Atlanta.

Updates on the injured person's condition will be posted when available.

Firefighters, sheriff's officers and first responders from Pike, Meansville and Lamar County responded to the fire. Firefighters were still fighting the flames at the completely destroyed home around 6:30 p.m.