Ronald Eugene Smith was found guilty on five counts this morning in Lamar superior court. Jurors returned their verdicts just over one hour after returning to the courtroom at 9 a.m.
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Jurors in the Ronald Smith murder case have been dismissed from the courthouse and will return at 9 a.m. Thursday to begin their deliberations.
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Former LCCHS principal Tyrone Bacon, now principal at troubled Southwest High School in Macon, reported Monday he had been 'let go' by Bibb school superintendent Sharon Patterson.
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The Lamar County commission has called a meeting for 10 a.m. Thursday to discuss the removal of tax assessors board chairman Lisa Dziedzic.
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Based on statements made during jury selection and at a Jackson-Denno hearing on the admissibility of two statements he made to the GBI, it appears Ronald Eugene Smith's defense team will attempt to frame the shooting of Charles Graves Adams as an accident.
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The Lamar County Solid Waste Authority has passed a resolution condemning plans by E.T. Carlyle Co. to site a construction and demolition landfill on a 312-acres site off Possum Trot and High Falls Park roads in northeast Lamar.
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Three suspects in a Dec. 17 armed robbery have been arrested by Pike County sheriff's deputies and one is on the run. The suspects are believed to have used an SUV to block in another vehicle and order the victims from the car at gunpoint in an attempt to steal drugs.
Investigators are searching for Kevin Chapman, 22, of Meansville. He has outstanding warrants for armed robbery, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
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Greenco Environmental principals Tim and Melia Lesko have canceled the public forum they had scheduled for Friday at the Barnesville Civic Center to explain their processes and why odors are emanating from their composting facility on Roger Brown Drive.
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Republican Scott Brown shelled Martha Coakley in today's Massachusetts senate race, placing Ted Kennedy's former seat firmly in GOP hands.
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Jersey's Sports Bar shut down operations Tuesday afternoon, making it the second restaurant/bar along the College Drive corridor to pack it in in recent weeks.
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