The health department's Lunch on the Lawn to benefit Relay for Life scheduled for Thursday will be held Friday, April 9 instead due to rain.
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Eric Cooper, Marc English and Ben Cone had two hits each including triples to lead the Diamond Trojans past Macon County 12-2 in Montezuma yesterday.
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Understandably, much of the reporting done across the state in connection with an announcement that Georgia will receive $122 million in taxpayer funds for its persistently lowest-achieving public schools through the federal School Improvement Grants program focused on local concerns.
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It has been twelve months since Barack Obama assumed office on that frigid January 2009 in Washington D.C. How shall we judge the president's first year?
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The legal battle between Lamar County and Greenco Environmental continues to rage in Lamar superior court with both sides filing additional motions last week.
A hearing on the matter is tentatively set for April 22 at 9 a.m. before Judge Tommy Wilson.
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Barnesville native Jeannie Ayer Haddock, 37, is expected to start work as early as Thursday as Lamar County's chief appraiser. She comes home to Barnesville from neighboring Pike County where she held the same position.
Soda pop, like cigarettes and alcohol, has been classified by the government as bad for your health . This is supported by ‘research’ sponsored by your always caring and compassionate federal government and their associates over at the Rand Corp. Why is it bad for you? It causes obesity in children.
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E.T. Carlyle Co., which plans to site a construction and demolition landfill on 312-acres in northeast Lamar County, issued a statement Monday.
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This Congress isn't just openly flouting the U.S. Constitution.
They're openly admitting it.
Rep. Phil Hare, D-Ill., was recently caught on video saying -- despite his oath to the contrary -- that he doesn't care whether the new health-care law is constitutional.
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The Georgia House’s failure to approve a tobacco tax increase, while instead agreeing to levy a new tax on hospitals, is quite frankly baffling.
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