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The Lamar County Board of Education has named the current principal at Dawson County High School in Dawson, Georgia as the lone finalist for superintendent of Lamar County schools.

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The Lamar County Board of Education will hold a called meeting Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. to name the finalist(s) for the position of superintendent of schools.

Board chairman Susan Byars called the meeting Monday evening.

Opening day at the Barnesville Farmer's Market is May 1. Farmers will be set up with their wares at a new location, Akins Farm & Home, beginning at 11 a.m. [Full Story »] 

Easter will be on Sunday with plenty of activities leading up to it during this holy week. [Full Story »] 

A Lamar woman accused of bashing her three-month old daughter against a headboard when she would not go to sleep will be in court here April 23 seeking release from jail on bond. [Full Story »] 

Due to production issues at our printing facility, distribution of the print edition of The Herald Gazette was delayed several hours. Subscribers will get their newspapers in the mail a day late but may drop by the news office at 509 Greenwood Street to pick up a copy. There is a drive through window on the south side of the building that may be utilized so customers don't have to get out of their cars.

Subscriptions will be extended to compensate loyal readers.

We sincerely regret the delay.

"This would be a great time for current subscribers who have not utilized the free eEdition to do so. If you are currently a subscriber and need help creating your account for the eEdition feel free to call the office at 770.358.NEWS(6397)," said circulation director Tasha Webster.

By Kay S. Pedrotti

Though a patient at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Judge William Thomas says overall he is feeling much better than he did two weeks ago and is very optimistic that upcoming treatments for a major blood disorder will be successful. [Full Story »] 

Lamar County parents are invited to participate in the Annual Title I Quality & Improvement Parent Survey. The survey will be available online from April 9, 2014 until May 1, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. [Full Story »] 

A 34-year-old man was found dead outside a vacant residence due to gunshot wounds on Ray Drive in Meansville early Wednesday morning when sheriff's deputies responded to a 911 call made at 5:47 a.m. A 33-year-old male with multiple gunshot wounds was located in his home on Ray Drive and he was life flighted to an area hospital.

Sheriff Jimmy Thomas said he does not believe the gunman is in Pike County, but the GBI, sheriff's office, Zebulon Police Department, District Attorney's office and coroner's office are all working together on the case.

Image slideshow inside…Photos by Greg Parrot, Rachel McDaniel, Jennifer Taylor and Nolan George. [Full Story »] 

A Gordon State College student was struck by a car on campus and hospitalized Monday morning. [Full Story »] 

Two recent hearings in Lamar magistrate court have resulted in a ruling from Judge William Thomas that gives Stephen Brehaut until Aug. 1 to clean up the remains of the Lighthouse Restaurant. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

The big house on Thomaston Street built in 1920 by local industrialist Walter B. Smith beckoned to Jean and Charles Dukes.

They were drawn into its orbit when Jean’s mother Charlotte Edwards died suddenly in 1981. The couple went to Zebulon to be with her father Red Edwards and never really went back to their Atlanta home. [Full Story »] 

Leroy Holsclaw of Milner was extracted safely Tuesday morning after a wreck pinned him in his Nissan pickup truck on Highway 19 north. [Full Story »] 

By Kay S. Pedrotti

Unbeknownst to most Lamar County residents – except for law enforcement – is a mystery about two miles of Interstate 75 that defies explanation.

It’s the area of the big highway that clips off a patch of the northeast corner of the county, forming an almost-triangle between mile marker 200 on the north and 198 to the south. [Full Story »]