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The early childcare program at LCHS has established a mock childcare lab and needs various items for its project-based learning initiatives.

Essential needs include shelves. book storage, mats, a baby crib, high chair, toys, baby walkers, car seats of various sizes, a child-size table set and other related items.

If you can help, contact Princess Banks at 770.358.8641 or e-mail [email protected]

Lamar County was up to 1215 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 37 deaths as of the Friday case count update from DPH. Lamar has recorded 93 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (two latest) white male (78) and 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 800,959 confirmed cases with 54,434 hospitalizations and 14,530 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 961 cases, 62 hospitalizations and 21 deaths.
Upson: 1685 cases, 158 hospitalizations and 95 deaths.
Monroe: 1737 cases, 168 hospitalizations and 76 deaths.
Butts: 1936 cases, 108 hospitalizations and 67 deaths.
Spalding: 3533 cases, 373 hospitalizations and 122 deaths.

By Mike Ruffin

Valentine’s Day falls on February 14 again this year. It’s regular like that.

Ash Wednesday, on the other hand, moves around. It doesn’t mean to, but its date depends on the date of Easter, which can fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25. So Ash Wednesday, which occurs forty days before Easter (not counting Sundays) falls between February 4 and March 10.

Ash Wednesday is on Wednesday. February 17 this year.
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The LC Lady Trojans finished second in Region 3AA and drew a #2 seed for the state Class AA basketball tournament.

Lamar will host a first round game Feb. 23. They will play the #3 seed from Region 2AA.

Region 3AA did not play a region tournament. Region 2AA is playing a region playoff. LC's opponent will be determined Saturday night.

The top four teams from 2AA going into their tournament were East Laurens, Woodville-Tompkins, Toombs County and Vidalia.

Lamar County was up to 1211 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 35 deaths as of the Wednesday case count update from DPH. Lamar has recorded 91 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) 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 796,547 confirmed cases with 53,880 hospitalizations and 14,254 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 954 cases, 61 hospitalizations and 21 deaths.
Upson: 1675 cases, 156 hospitalizations and 94 deaths.
Monroe: 1725 cases, 165 hospitalizations and 76 deaths.
Butts: 1925 cases, 108 hospitalizations and 65 deaths.
Spalding: 3516 cases, 370 hospitalizations and 122 deaths.

Between Friday, February 5 and Thursday, February 11 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail:
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A 35-year-old Milner woman is dead after she fell asleep in a truck and was left there overnight Feb. 11 by her boyfriend.

The body of Meagan McNair, 35, is being autopsied to determine a cause of death.

McNair's boyfriend Jerry Spires, 53, reported she was asleep when they arrived at their home at 246 Old Alabama Road, Milner that night so he put a blanket over her and left her in the truck overnight. He said he checked on her Friday morning before he left for work. When he returned from work, she was still in the truck and he could not wake her so her drove her to Upson Regional Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.

Lamar coroner Clay Tillery reported Wednesday he sent the body to the state crime lab for autopsy and the investigation is ongoing.

Weather records show the temperature dropped to only 55 degrees the night McNair was left in the truck.

According to tax records, the property at 246 Old Alabama Road is owned by Jerry and Sheila Spires.

More to follow...

After a long, contentious public hearing Tuesday night, the Lamar County commission voted to approve a solar farm consisting of 83,000 panels on approximately 132.61 acres north of Milner. [Full Story »] 

A man was lifeflighted to the Navicent Health trauma unit in Macon Tuesday night after he was injured in a dirt bike crash on Mill Street.

An LZ was established in a vacant lot at the corner of Grove Street and Veterans Parkway. The chopper left the scene just before 9 p.m.

UPDATE: the man on the bike, Austin Dietz, was not wearing a helmet. He was reported as in good condition at Navicent Wednesday afternoon.