Entries by Walter Geiger

A large contingent of law enforcement officers are searching in the area of the 400 block of Brent Road for an armed man.

UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested.

UPDATE 2: The suspect has been tentatively identified. [Full Story »] 

The body of a man missing for two days was found Tuesday afternoon behind a home in the 200 block of Walton Road. [Full Story »] 

With iceberg lettuce, Vidalia onions, tomatoes and bacon on sale at Giant Mart this week, here's a winning recipe to try.

INGREDIENTS
2 tomatoes (about 8 ounces total), diced
Salt
1 small Vidalia onion, minced
White wine vinegar, for soaking onion
4 ounces sliced bacon, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
2 ounces fresh bread crumbs (about 1/2 cup)
Ground black pepper
2 ounces mild blue cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon fresh juice from 1 lemon
1 head iceberg lettuce, outer leaves discarded and quartered through core so that each quarter holds together
Minced chives, for garnish
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Mrs. LaNira Adams Holmes, age 74, of Barnesville passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 in an Upson County Healthcare Facility. A Barnesville native, Mrs. Holmes was the daughter of the late James Hubert Adams and the late Mrs. Vivian Poulnot Adams. She was raised in Lamar County, graduating from Gordon Military College before moving to Atlanta in 1962, where she graduated from Georgia State College. She retired from BellSouth after completing a 30 year career, and moved back to Barnesville in 1992. She then embarked on a second career as receptionist for Drs. Woodall, Wilson, & Manley, retiring 9 years. In 2010, she joined the Lamar County Sheriff's Office as a receptionist and worked there for 1 1/2 years. She was a member of The First Baptist Church of Barnesville.  [Full Story »] 

Between Tuesday, May 9 and Monday, May 15 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »] 

Broadcast reports aired last week once again focused the spotlight on alleged abuses by April Smith-Scott of the Barnesville firm A.D. Smith Community Services. Georgia’s Bright from the Start program began pumping money into Smith-Scott’s firm in 2011 in order to facilitate summer feeding programs for ‘needy’ children in Barnesville and Griffin. [Full Story »] 

By Mike Ruffin

Since moving to Yatesville a couple of years ago, we’d gone to the movies in Macon, Griffin, and McDonough.

We’d never visited the Ritz Theater in Thomaston.

That changed last week. We drove over to watch the new Guardians of the Galaxy film. The movie is a lot of fun. I recommend it. [Full Story »] 

Those in the Redbone district and passing through the area are asked to be on the lookout for Marty John Harris, 45, pictured in the inset above.

Harris fled from deputies on a motorcycle on Potts Pond Road Monday afternoon, subsequently wrecking his bike at the corner of Sappington and Ramah Church roads. The bike burned and ignited a small brush fire.

Harris fled into the woods and evaded capture.

Early Tuesday morning, he knocked on the door of a home on Ramah Church Rd. and demanded to use a phone. The resident declined and called authorities.

He remains on the run.

If you spot him, call 911.

Harris was due in Lamar superior court today on charges of fleeing and attempting to elude, suspended license and reckless driving. He has a long criminal history and recently fled from authorities in Jones County when they raided a location in a meth case.