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Between Friday, November 6 and Thursday, November 12 the following were processed through the Lamar County jail: [Full Story »] 

Details remain sketchy but one person is reportedly dead after a high-speed chase that began on I-75 North ended in a crash at Hwy. 36 East and Parker Branch Road here late Sunday night.

The fleeing vehicle was a Charger or Challenger that was pursued by Monroe County deputies. Two passengers were taken to Navicent Health, Macon where one has died.

UPDATE: The driver is still alive but in critical condition. The passenger is in fair condition

Lamar County was up to 482 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 22 deaths as of the Sunday case count update from DPH. Lamar is recorded as having 50 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) 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 386,949 confirmed cases with 33,241 hospitalizations and 8462 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 420 cases, 35 hospitalizations and 12 deaths.
Upson: 879 cases, 99 hospitalizations and 71 deaths.
Monroe: 826 cases, 93 hospitalizations and 59 deaths.
Butts: 822 cases, 60 hospitalizations and 45 deaths.
Spalding: 1756 cases, 221 hospitalizations and 68 deaths. [Full Story »] 

Lamar County was up to 479 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 22 deaths as of the Saturday case count update from DPH. Lamar is recorded as having 50 hospitalizations.

Lamar deaths include: (latest) 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 384,997 confirmed cases with 33,216 hospitalizations and 8462 deaths.

Surrounding counties:

Pike: 420 cases, 35 hospitalizations and 12 deaths.
Upson: 876 cases, 99 hospitalizations and 71 deaths.
Monroe: 823 cases, 93 hospitalizations and 59 deaths.
Butts: 815 cases, 60 hospitalizations and 45 deaths.
Spalding: 1750 cases, 221 hospitalizations and 68 deaths. [Full Story »] 

The risk limiting audit of the results of the Nov. 3 general election got underway Friday morning at the elections office in the county annex.

The work will run through 8 p.m. today and 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday. After Sunday off, the work will continue Monday and Tuesday 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. If needed, counting will continue through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday but must be completed by then.

The elections office remains open and the audit itself is open to the public.

For more information, call 770.358.5235

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lamar County, a Christmas parade and concert are scheduled for Dec. 10.

The parade is being organized by the City of Barnesville and will begin forming up at the Gordon parking lots off College Drive at 3 p.m. The parade will start at 5:30 p.m. and bands, floats, walking units, golf carts and vehicle are welcome. There will be cash prizes for the top entrants.

For more information, contact city hall at 770.358.0181 for more information.

After the parade, the county is sponsoring a concert at Ritz Park featuring the Master Blasters Band. The county will also be erecting a monument on the courthouse lawn commemorating the centennial in the near future.

By Mike Ruffin

I started “preaching” (I mean the quotation marks in the sense of “so-called”) when I was about fourteen years old. Preacher Bill Coleman, our pastor at Midway Baptist Church, would let anyone (well, any male) who wanted to speak at a Wednesday night prayer meeting do so. I remember him once saying that he hadn’t preached on a Wednesday night in three years. The streak may have lasted a lot longer than that, for all I know. I signed up occasionally. It was good practice. Most of the good folks who had to listen to me are long gone. I hope they received extra stars in their crowns for their kindness to me.

When word got around Lamar County that a boy preacher was on the loose, I got invitations to preach at some other churches in the area. One such invitation came from Rock Springs Congregational Methodist Church. This was around in the early 1970s, so back when it was a pretty small congregation meeting in a pretty small sanctuary. I don’t remember exactly how old I was, but my parents had to take me because I wasn’t old enough to drive.
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