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Sheriff's investigators and deputies have determined a car that crashed into a tree on Fredonia Church Road near the C&B convenience store at approximately 2:30 p.m. Thursday was stolen.

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This fall, the fans of the Lamar County HS Trojans will get to cheer on their team at the brand new Trojan football stadium. To enhance the experience, a jumbo video screen has been added to the end zone scoreboard. [Full Story »] 

After 26 years with the U.S. Postal Service, postmaster Sandra H. Hudson has announced her early retirement. [Full Story »] 

This afternoon around 1:30 p.m. Barnesville police served Apostle Bobby Slaughter (see: The House That Bobby Built in this week's print edition of The Herald-Gazette) with 15 counts of zoning ordinance violation on three different addresses: 306, 315 and 245 Atlanta Street.

UPDATE: Slaughter reported this evening the city cut off water and electricity to the three homes he rented for his halfway houses and has given him five days to vacate the premises. [Full Story »] 

Notice: Georgia, Lamar County Probate Court
To: Any interested person
Kaila Nicole Adkerson Jones has petitioned to be appointed Administrator(s) of the estate of Winona Adkerson, deceased, of said County. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. §53-12-232.) All interested parties are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the court on or before Aug. 10, 2009. All pleadings/objections must be signed before a notary public or before a probate court clerk, and filing fees must be tendered with your pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file as an indigent party. Contact probate court personnel at the following address/telephone number for the required amount of filing fees. If any objections are filed, a hearing will be scheduled at a later date. If no objections are filed, the petition may be granted without a hearing.
/s/Kathryn B. Martin, Probate Judge, 326 Thomaston St., Barnesville, Ga. 30204, 770-358-5155. (7-14)(4)(p)gpn18
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