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Entries from March 2019

County okays rezoning for Ranew’s expansion

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Friday, March 29. 2019

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The Lamar County commission approved rezoning of just over 10 acres of land off McLean Road fro an expansion at Ranew’s Fleet Services. The property is owned by SLR Properties, the real estate holdings arm of Lester Ranew’s operations.

Part of the land was previously zoned A-R (agricultural-residential) and another part was R-3 (single family residential). [Full Story »]

Traffic halted on four-lane

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Thursday, March 28. 2019

Traffic on Veterans Parkway in Barnesville was snarled Thursday afternoon when a truck hauling heavy equipment left the Hot Shot parking lot and snagged a power line. The incident shattered one power pole, left lines hanging over the roadway and trapped the big rig driver in the cab of his truck.

Law enforcement was waiting for Georgia Power crews to arrive to rectify the situation at 4:45 p.m.

Prosecution will not seek death penalty in Crawford murder case

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, March 28. 2019

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By Walter Geiger

An Upson County grand jury returned multiple indictments against Cameron Jones and Kiera Williams in the Roderick Crawford murder case March 20. Crawford vanished Dec. 28, 2018. His body was found Jan. 3 in Thomaston. [Full Story »]

LCES Stage 5 Players present 'Madagascar'

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Walter Geiger

in Features

Wednesday, March 27. 2019

The Lamar County Elementary School Stage 5 Players will present 'Madagascar' Thursday and Friday at the Fine Arts Center. Admission is $5.

For more information, call 770.358.5560.

Police report

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Walter Geiger

in Arrests

Wednesday, March 27. 2019

Between Monday, March 18 and Monday, March 25 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »]

Nude rooftop show lands local man in jail in the ATL

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, March 27. 2019

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By Walter Geiger

A man who got extensive news coverage in metro Atlanta after he climbed onto the roof of a midtown Atlanta home, stripped and stayed there for over seven hours naked in the rain has been identified by Atlanta police as Jamorris Antron Cole. [Full Story »]

EMCs eye broadband legislation

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Walter Geiger

in Headlines

Wednesday, March 27. 2019

High speed internet service is often impossible to acquire in rural - and some municipal - areas and the Georgia legislature is considering bills to allow the state’s EMCs to provide such services.

This would require granting cooperatives statutory authority to provide broadband services and both the state house and senate are pushing through bills to address the need but the language in the house and senate versions are vastly different. [Full Story »]

GSC Theatre's 'Raisin in the Sun' starts today

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Walter Geiger

in Features

Wednesday, March 27. 2019

The Gordon State College Theatre production of “A Raisin in the Sun,” by Lorraine Hansberry opens Wednesday and continues through March 31.

The actors take the stage of the Gordon State College Theatre each night at 7:30 with a matinee Sunday, March 31 at 2 p.m.
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Public Notices 03-26-19

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Tuesday, March 26. 2019

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Sheriff's report

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Walter Geiger

in Arrests

Tuesday, March 26. 2019

Between Friday, March 15 and Thursday, March 21 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail: [Full Story »]

LCMS Lady Trojans win title

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, March 25. 2019

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UPDATE: LCMS took the title with a 4-0 win.

The LCMS Lady Trojans (9-0-1, 7-0-1) host Henderson Middle School of Jackson in the Central Georgia Middle School Athletic League championship game today at 5 p.m. at Trojan Field. Lamar finished atop the district standings with Henderson finishing second. Lamar beat Henderson here 6-0 Feb. 25. The two teams tied 2-2 last Monday in Jackson.

Going into the title game, the Lady Trojans have outscored opponents 67-3.

Sean Townsend to be county administrator

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Friday, March 22. 2019

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Current finance director Sean Townsend has been named the lone finalist for the position of county administrator and will take the post if no problems come up during the 14-day public notice period.

Townsend will succeed current administrator Bob Zellner who is retiring.

Politics

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Thursday, March 21. 2019

By Mike Ruffin

It’s early in 2019. So far, roughly 197 Democrats have announced that they will be candidates in the 2020 presidential election. Meanwhile, a couple of Republicans are reportedly weighing the possibility of running for their party’s nomination against the incumbent president who really isn’t a Republican—c’mon now, you have to admit he isn’t—but who won their nomination and the presidency in 2016. [Full Story »]

Lawsuit targets five for making ‘defamatory’ remarks on Facebook

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, March 21. 2019

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In what is thought to be a first in local court filings, a business owner and real estate agent have filed a lawsuit in Lamar superior court against five people for defamatory remarks made on a local Facebook page and other social media.

Alan Atha, Staci Donaldson and Upscale Homes, Inc. filed litigation March 1 against Jami Lori Conklin, Ruthie Conklin, David Crawley, Roger Shuman and Penny Marie Hutson. [Full Story »]

Commission ranking seven administrator job candidates

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Walter Geiger

in Top Stories

Thursday, March 21. 2019

The Lamar County commission spent much of the day March 11 interviewing seven candidates for the job of county administrator. Current administrator Bob Zellner is retiring but has agreed to stay on until his successor is named. [Full Story »]