Entries by Walter Geiger

The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office completed their investigation regarding the two subjects in the white Ford Ranger pickup who were suspected of stalking a young woman. One of the suspects is from Barnesville. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar County Trojans (2-1) travel to Buena Vista tonight to take on the Marion County Eagles. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Realtime scoring from the game was provided by Walter Geiger.
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Spalding sheriff Wendell Beam has released artist sketches of two suspects in a teen predator incident that occurred September 9.

A youg female said two men in the truck began following her as she drove along Hamil Road in eastern Spalding County about 7:45 a.m. It continued to follow her along East McIntsoh Road to Old Atlanta Road. When she stopped at a traffic light, the driver of the truck got out and tried to open the door of the female's vehicle.

She drove west on McIntosh Road but, at a second stop light, the driver of the truck approached her vehicle a second time with a gun in his hand. The female finally stopped at a church and the truck drove west on Hwy. 92.

The suspect driver is a white male in his 20s. He is tall and slender and has dark brown hair and a beard. He was wearing a black t-shirt and jeans. The passenger in the truck was also a white male in his 20s. He is heavyset with strawberry colored hair.

The truck is white, possibly a Ford Ranger, with black bumpers, chrome wheels and a black toolbox in the back.

If you have any information on this truck or those in it, call the Spalding S.O. CID at 770-467-4282 or 911.

Mr. Melvin D. Barnes of 345 Parker Branch Road Barnesville transitioned on Thursday at his residence. Funeral Services was held on Monday 11am at the Unionville United Methodist Church. Rev Marvin Gordon officiated and interment was in the church cemetery. Trice Funeral Home Inc. was in charge of all professional services. [Full Story »] 

A woman was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head Thursday morning at a home at 157 Liz Acres Rd. off Hwy. 341 here.

UPDATE: The dead woman in this case, Elaine Brown McGuire, 70, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and her son, David Lewis McGuire Jr. has been charged with murder, according to sheriff Brad White.

UPDATE 2: David McGuire was briefly hospitalized for high blood pressure and chest pains. Late Friday he was denied bond at a first appearance hearing before chief magistrate Karen Jackson. [Full Story »] 

Davis Bartley Tucker, age 1, of Forsyth GA, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at his residence.

Davis is survived by his parents, Elizabeth and Ryan Tucker of Forsyth GA; maternal grandparents, Melanie and David Sandlin; paternal grandparents, Kathy and Rick Tucker; great-grandparents, Bessie Shaw, Carolyn Sandlin, Sylvia Tucker, and Jo Ann Moore; aunt, Amy (Jeremy) Daniel; uncle, Jonathan Sandlin. [Full Story »] 

Between Friday, September 2 and Monday, September 12 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »] 

In a surprise move, Bobbie Jo Sumner, who faces multiple charges stemming from the hit and run death of Alexandra Noelle Desir in 2013, took the stand in Lamar superior court Wednesday during a hearing on a motion to suppress evidence. Sumner basically refuted the defense argument and the motion was denied.
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Four people, including two young children, suffered serious injuries in a crash Wednesday morning on Hwy. 36 West near its intersection with Berry Road. Initial indications were the crash was caused by an impatient driver. The wreck closed the highway for over three hours.
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Robert Thomas “Bobby” Stuart passed away Monday, September 12, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 15, 2016, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel with burial in Monroe Hills Memorial Gardens. Rev. Franklin Etheridge will officiate. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at Monroe County Memorial Chapel.
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Just as they want the Holocaust to be eradicated from the history books, some Muslims are trying to ‘cleanse the narrative’ when it comes to the September 11 terrorist attacks that killed more than 3000 people. [Full Story »]