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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 suspect from Barnesville has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the Ray Drive shooting Wednesday morning. Our sister publication, The Journal Reporter, has learned the identity of the 34-year-old man shot dead in a driveway at 54 Ray Dr. south of Meansville early Wednesday. [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 »] 

Trojan head football coach Dr. Franklin Stephens has been offered and accepted the head coaching position at Ware County High School in Waycross. An interim head coach for LCCHS, which is losing its superintendent and principal in addition to the coach, has been named. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

No charges have yet been filed against two cousins who were drag racing on Sims Street when their cars collided with a third car, killing an innocent man March 15. [Full Story »]