Entries by Sherri Ellington

Alleged bomb makers denied bond again

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Tuesday, May 22. 2012

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Seth Bennon Roberts, 24, and Wesley Robert Peters, 22, of 170 Lamar County Line Road, Griffin, were again denied bond at a preliminary/committal and probable cause hearing in Lamar County magistrate court Tuesday.
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Stetson Holston corresponds with Obama

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Thursday, May 10. 2012

When Stetson Holston decided to write a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to be his role model, his mother and grandmother did not think he would get a reply. [Full Story »]

Despite protest, county approves Riverview zoning

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Friday, January 20. 2012

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In front of a standing room only crowd, mostly those who live around High Falls Lake, the Lamar County commission unanimously approved the rezoning for the Butts County IDA Riverview Industrial Park. [Full Story »]

Funding for baseball, softball and T-ball slashed

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Friday, July 15. 2011

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Recreation funding for baseball, softball and T-ball has been cut from the pending 2012 county budget. [Full Story »]

Digest drop dramatic

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Tuesday, July 5. 2011

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While still incomplete, the Lamar County board of assessors approved the 2011 tax digest, which shows an estimated drop of $46.9 million in overall taxable value. It now goes to the tax commissioner’s office where automobiles, mobile homes and timber values will be added. [Full Story »]

Smith demands Waller's resignation

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Tuesday, June 22. 2010

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Days after being cleared of charges of allegedly taping a riot control grenade to an inmate's neck, former LCSO captain Grier T. Smith is calling for sheriff Larry Waller to step down. [Full Story »]

Rudy's rezoning will include restrictions

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Wednesday, March 24. 2010

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The proposed annexation and subsequent rezoning of part of Randolph ‘Rudy’ Vaughn’s property into Milner will include restrictions on its use. [Full Story »]

‘Passion for fashion’ displayed at library

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Thursday, February 18. 2010

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Black History Month is being showcased in a personal way with this month's display window at the Barnesville-Lamar County Library.
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Old Dixie Highway subject of DOT project

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Wednesday, February 10. 2010

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The Georgia Department of Transportation is creating an atlas of the old Dixie Highway – better known around these parts as Highway 41 – and has chosen the stretch between Barnesville and Forsyth as its pilot project.

Historians from New South Associates were in town recently to collect oral histories of the highway, built roughly along the trail of an old stagecoach route. While attendance was sparse, the memories were not.
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Day three of Smith trial brings tighter security

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Wednesday, January 27. 2010

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Amid heightened security at the courthouse, the Ronald Smith murder trial continued for a third day with jurors listening to almost two hours of his taped statement to investigators given in the aftermath of the shooting death of Charles Graves Adams.

The prosecution, which had not yet rested its case at lunchtime Wednesday, has so far tendered a total of 52 pieces of evidence. These range from photographs to shell casings to the Remington 30.06 rifle allegedly used in the shootings. [Full Story »]

Assessors chairman says no to resignation request

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Thursday, January 14. 2010

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In the wake of demands by county commissioners that they resign, assessors chairman Lisa Dziedzic declined to do so.

Assessor David Dodd said he would resign after the Jan. 14 meeting – but he would not hand his resignation to the county clerk as required. Instead, he will give it to commissioner Nancy Thrash. [Full Story »]

Worthy pretrial continued after failed motion

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Thursday, January 14. 2010

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Superior Court Judge Tommy Wilson today denied a motion by the legal team representing Morehouse College police chief Vernon Worthy that could have sent his assault case back to the grand jury.

He was indicted in September 2009 on false imprisonment, aggravated assault and pointing a pistol at another. Worthy is accused of pointing the pistol at Nathaniel Rooks and threatening him on Nov. 11, 2008, while hunting. Rooks testified Worthy ordered him to lie face down on the grass and forced him at gunpoint to roll away from his rifle and toss away his cell phone. [Full Story »]

Claxton named pro tem

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Tuesday, January 12. 2010

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Barnesville city council named councilwoman Anne Claxton the mayor pro tem during a brief meeting Jan. 11. She takes the place of longtime mayor pro tem Lynn Wilson, who did not run for re-election last year.

"If I'm not mistaken, she's the first female mayor pro tem in the history of Barnesville," said mayor Peter Banks. [Full Story »]

Ad helps man find long lost family

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Wednesday, January 6. 2010

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When Michael Stephens lost his father in 1964, he also lost contact with his father's family in Barnesville. Thanks to advertising he ran in The Herald-Gazette, he met a sister and brother he never knew he had.
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Judge voids landfill agreement due to illegal meeting

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Thursday, December 17. 2009

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Superior Court Judge Tommy Wilson voided the agreement between the E.T. Carlyle Company and Lamar County commission last week and ruled the commission violated Georgia's open meetings law when reaching the agreement. [Full Story »]