Entries by Walter Geiger

Between Monday, July 19 and Monday, July 26 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

An Alabama conglomerate with considerable interests in the mining and quarry business, has acquired land off Van Buren Road. While no mining or quarry permit has yet been applied for on the tract, neighbors in the area are jumpy.

Garner Properties, LLC. of Birmingham purchased the 275.59 acre site from USC Timberlands on Dec. 20, 2020 for $633,864. [Full Story »] 

Between Friday, July 16 and Thursday, July 22 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail: [Full Story »] 

Lamar County was up to 1389 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 48 deaths as of the July 25 case count update from DPH. Lamar has recorded 131 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) white male (70) white female (57), black female (78), white male (63), black female (82), black female (68), black male (59), white male (82), white female (71), white male (70), white female (74), white male (78), black male (62); white female (73), white male (66); white male (81); black male (67); black male (64); white male (85); white male (81); white male (60); white female (80); black male (53) white male (81); white male (70); white male (86); black female (84); white female (68); black female (73); black male (90+); white male (69); white male (73); white male (55): white female (88); black female (66); white female (70); white female, (72); white male (80); black male (49); white female (81); white female (83); white male (87); white female (88); white male (86); white female (85); white female (74); black female (87); white male (85).

Statewide there have been 917,915 confirmed cases with 66,324 hospitalizations and 18,663 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 1137 cases, 87 hospitalizations and 29 deaths.
Upson: 1849 cases, 188 hospitalizations and 112 deaths.
Monroe: 1955 cases, 206 hospitalizations and 92 deaths.
Butts: 2422 cases, 143 hospitalizations and 83 deaths.
Spalding: 4320 cases, 508 hospitalizations and 170 deaths.

Between Monday, July 12 and Monday, July 19 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »] 

The chamber of commerce will bring back Summer Sizzle Saturday. It will begin with a Cruise-In antique car show in the afternoon at the United Bank parking lot.

That evening the spotlight moves to Ritz Park for the first concert there in some time featuring Caleb and the Holliday Troubadours.

Music begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $10. Kids 10 and under get in free.

For more information, call the chamber office at 770.358.5884.

By Walter Geiger

The Lamar County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 22 regarding entering into a landfill operation agreement with a private, for-profit company based at 402 West 7th St. in West Point, Ga. to operate Cedar Grove Landfill. The hearing will be held at the senior citizens center off Collier Road.

The proposed operating company is Cedar Grove Landfill, LLC. According to the Georgia Secretary of State’s website, Cedar Grove’s registered agent is CT Corporation System which has a listed address of 289 S. Culver St. in Lawrenceville. A search of the secretary of state’s website on CT Corporation System revealed it is a ‘foreign profit corporation’ incorporated in Delaware with offices at 28 Liberty St. in New York, NY. [Full Story »]