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Hundreds of trick-or-treaters will be out and about along the Thomaston Street corridor tonight for Halloween festivities.

Thomaston Street will be closed from 5-9 p.m. to ensure the safety of the revelers.

Trunk-or-Treat events are set at the First Assembly and Nazarene churches Halloween night and First Methodist Church will serve up corn dogs, drinks and candy on the church lawn from 5-7 p.m.

The BPD is reviving the Haunted Jail event at the Old Jail Museum behind the courthouse from 5-9 p.m.

Sheriff’s deputies will post no trick-or-treating signs at the homes of all registered sex offenders in the county and are encouraging parents to take notice.

Be safe out there!

Between Friday, October 19 and Thursday, October 25 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail: [Full Story »] 

A huge law enforcement presence, including a phalanx of LCSO personnel, responded to a rural residence near High Falls where a suicidal female reportedly called 911 and then threatened responding deputies with what turned out to be a CO2 pistol built to look like a .357 magnum.

The incident took place at 149 Martha Lane. The home there has a Barnesville address but is located in Monroe County.

According to tax records, the land and mobile home at that address are owned by Ida C. Stiles and Roxy R. Stiles. Ida Stiles died from gunshot wounds. MCSO investigators told The Monroe County Reporter they did not think this was a suicide by cop case.

Here is the full release from the GBI's Natalie Ammons:

On Monday, October 29, 2018, at approximately 11:47 a.m., the GBI was requested by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office to conduct an officer involved shooting investigation at 149 Martha Lane in Monroe County, GA. Preliminary information indicates at approximately 10:42 a.m., the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a call from a female, identified as Ida Christy Stiles, 42, requesting deputies be dispatched to 149 Martha Lane. Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the residence and made verbal contact with Stiles. After several attempts to get Stiles to the door, the deputies entered Stiles’ residence and were confronted by Stiles, who brandished a pistol. Three Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies discharged their duty weapons, striking Stiles, which resulted in her death. Stiles will be transported to the GBI Crime Lab where an autopsy will be performed. It was later determined that the pistol brandished by Stiles was a CO2 pistol in the style of a 357 revolver.

No law enforcement officers were injured in the incident.

The GBI will conduct its independent investigation. Once complete, it will be turned over to the Towaliga Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office for review.

The Lamar County Trojans (3-4, 1-3) are in Heard County (6-2, 4-0) for a Region 5AA football contest tonight.

The Braves went from unranked to #3 after upsetting #2 Callaway last week 13-10.

Check back often tonight for realtime scoring from the game by Walter Geiger.

7:41 1st qtr.: HC 7 LC 0: HC 2-yd. TD run. PAT good.

4:06 1st qtr.: HC 14 LC 0: HC 16-yd. TD pass. PAT good.

0:30.2 1st qtr.: HC 20 LC 0: HC 4-yd. TD run. PAT failed.

8:08 2nd qtr.: HC 26 LC 0: HC 78-yd. TD pass. PAT failed.

4:02 2nd qtr.: HC 33 LC 0: HC 49-yd. TD pass. PAT good.

0:31.0 2nd qtr.: HC 40 LC 0: HC 19-yd. TD pass. PAT good.

HALFTIME: 40-0

END 3rd qtr.: 40-0

5:11 4th qtr.: HC 40 LC 7: TK Foster 6-yd. TD run. Ethan Popham PAT.

1:07 4th qtr.: HC 40 LC 14: Devin Bateman 6-yd. TD run. Popham PAT.

FINAL: 40-14