Entries by Walter Geiger

Sheriff vehemently denies ticket quota allegations

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Tuesday, January 13. 2015

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Sheriff Brad White has vehemently denied allegations from an anonymous person or persons alleging his patrol deputies were ordered to meet traffic ticket quotas.

UPDATE: The deputy who wrote the note has been identified. [Full Story »]

A preview of the 1.13.15 edition of The Herald Gazette

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Monday, January 12. 2015

MLK Day:
Festivities begin with annual parade Jan. 19 at 9 a.m.

Windfall:
Hit and run defendant wins $100,000 in lottery; will money pay for attorney?

First baby:
Kylan Lamar Foster, born Jan. 3, is Lamar's first arrival of the new year.

Big night:
Awards and game and fish banquets join football awards ceremony on calendar Jan. 22.

Bigamy:
Local man charged after tipster tells authorities he is married to two different women.

Gerald Passmore Sr.

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Walter Geiger

in Death Notices

Monday, January 12. 2015

Mr. Gerald Passmore Sr., age 60, who resided at 367 Liberty Hill Rd. in Milner, passed away on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015 at the Spalding Regional Medical Center. [Full Story »]

Cop-biting meth head sent to prison

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, January 8. 2015

A Milner woman who bit a Lamar deputy after claiming she was HIV positive and had Hepatitis C - and got shot in the arm for her efforts - was sent to prison Jan. 8 after entering guilty pleas in Lamar superior court.
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Baby, it's cold outside; take precautions

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, January 7. 2015

Temperatures in Lamar dropped below freezing just after 7 p.m. Wednesday and are expected to stay icy through early Friday afternoon.

There is a chance temps will warm to 36 Thursday afternoon but only briefly. Long exposure to cold is the worst scenario for pipes so take precautions. Drip faucets. Put lamps or other heat sources in well houses.

Also make sure to protect people, plants and pets until things thaw somewhat Saturday.

Succession statutes differ for clerk, chief magistrate

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Walter Geiger

in Features

Wednesday, January 7. 2015

While special elections may be held to fill the unexpired terms of any elected officials, the method of succession may be different for each office. [Full Story »]

New clerk Caleb Tyson looks forward to serving

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, January 7. 2015

By Kay S. Pedrotti

Chief deputy clerk Caleb Tyson will fill the post of superior court clerk vacated by Frank Abbott on his retirement Dec. 31. [Full Story »]

CFB playoff a big hit and Wallenda will walk

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Wednesday, January 7. 2015

By Walter Geiger

I have long been a proponent of a college football playoff, having gone so far as to use this space to lay out a 16-game version utilizing the existing bowl system. We finally got a four-game playoff this year and it most certainly will grow to eight games soon.

Once the playoff structure was in place and the playoff committee at work, the NCAA wisely let ESPN pimp it. [Full Story »]

Three airlifted after high speed chase, crash and fire

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Walter Geiger

in Crime

Wednesday, January 7. 2015

Three people were airlifted to tram centers in metro Atlanta after a wanted man fled from authorities and crashed his car into a truck stopped at the scene of another accident. The car subsequently caught fire. [Full Story »]

Spalding man, shot 11 times, hospitalized

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, January 7. 2015

A Spalding County man who was shot 11 times in an apparently gang-related incident survived his wounds and is being treated at Atlanta Medical Center. [Full Story »]

Public Notices

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Tuesday, January 6. 2015

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A preview of the 1.6.2015 edition of The Herald Gazette

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Monday, January 5. 2015

Stepping down:
Long-serving Clerk of Superior Court Frank Abbott retired Dec. 31; Caleb Tyson succeeds him.

'Snapped':
Oxygen Network production company plans episode on murder of Buzz Burousas.

Larry Waller:
Former longtime sheriff critically ill, at home under hospice care.

An inspiration:
Seventeen-year-old Robin Haralson has beaten cancer twice.

Critical:
Miles Encinas suffered serious injuries in New Years Eve crash on Vega Road.

Former sheriff Larry Waller critically ill

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Walter Geiger

in Headlines

Friday, January 2. 2015

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Former Lamar County sheriff Larry Waller, who has battled health issues for some time, is in the critical care unit at Emory in Atlanta.

Larry Waller followed in the footsteps of his father J.C. Waller, who was a longtime sheriff as well.

UPDATE: Waller has been sent home with hospice care.

Abbott retires after 42 years at courthouse

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, January 2. 2015

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Longtime Lamar Clerk of Superior Court Frank Abbott retired after 42 years of service to Lamar County - 38 of them as clerk. [Full Story »]

A Barnesville Christmas, circa 1967

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Walter Geiger

in Opinion

Wednesday, December 31. 2014

By Mike Ruffin

My family had Christmas Eve and Christmas Day rituals during my childhood. Interestingly, though, even though my parents were the kind of Christians who were at the church every time the doors were opened, none of our rituals involved the worship of God for the sending of Jesus into the world. [Full Story »]