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Services for slain officer set

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Monday, June 2. 2014

Funeral arrangements have been set for Griffin Police Department Officer Kevin Jordan. Visitation will be held at Oak Hill Baptist Church from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 8. Funeral services will be at Oak Hill Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 9. More details will be made available in the coming days.

A memorial fund has been created at Regions Bank. Donations should go to the “Griffin Police Department Memorial Fund for Officer Kevin Jordan” at Regions Bank. Proceeds will go to Officer Jordan’s family. [Full Story »]

BOE approves one month budget

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Monday, June 2. 2014

By Sherri Ellington

The school system budget will not be ready for a seamless slide into the next fiscal year on July 1. Instead, the board of education must approve a one month spending plan to tide the schools over before approving the 2014-15 budget. [Full Story »]

Openings remain for LCSO CHAMPS program

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Wednesday, May 28. 2014

From Suzanne Cooper, Lamar County Sheriff's Office:

We still have opening in our CHAMPS Summer Camp for 5th and 6th graders. Dates of camps are June 2 - 6, June 23 - 27 and July 21 - 25.

The camp is free of cost to Lamar County 5th and 6th graders. Will be held those dates which are Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Applications are available at the Lamar County Sheriff's Office, on our www.lamarcountysheriff.com website and at the Lamar County Courthouse at the Community Relations Office of Deputy Suzanne Cooper. For further info. call 706-975-5809.

Holmes fired four times at biter who claimed she was HIV positive

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Saturday, May 24. 2014

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Sheriff Brad White has released more information about the altercation between Major Leslie Holmes and Joy Lynn Day who allegedly bit Holmes after claiming to be HIV positive. Day was shot in the arm but is now in the Lamar County jail on multiple charges.

UPDATE: Day tested negative for HIV at the hospital, sheriff White reported Sunday morning. [Full Story »]

More info on dead pedestrians; a third narrowly missed death

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Thursday, May 22. 2014

By Walter Geiger

Two young men were killed one on his 25th birthday - early Friday morning when they were struck near the intersection of Grove St. and Veterans Pkwy. by a Barnesville police officer who had just terminated a chase of a suspicious vehicle.

Justen Sullivan of 107 Parkview Dr. in Barnesville and Quenton Byrd of 1475 Hwy. 83 S. in Forsyth died at the scene. They were struck by a BPD police cruiser driven by officer Terry Belvin, 44. Belvin was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital and later released. [Full Story »]

Cooking demo at Farmers Market

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Wednesday, May 21. 2014

Sodexho executive chef Bill Littiken will conduct a live cooking demonstration at the Barnesville Farmers Market Thursday at 3:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

The Farmers Market is in the lot adjacent to Akins Farm & Home.

Sims St. residents seek speed controls after racing death

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Monday, May 19. 2014

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By Sherri Ellington

After a fatal accident on Sims Street that killed Johnathan Maurice Byrd, 29, as he pulled into the path of two drag-racing Cutlasses, a petition to put speeding controls in place was handed over to Barnesville city council. [Full Story »]

30 years ago, crime arrived with a vengeance

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Friday, May 16. 2014

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By Walter Geiger

That haunting summer began on Mother’s Day, 1984.

Helen Ann Morgan lived with her mother and young daughter on Hwy. 18 West. She got a call from her employer, the National Cash Register Company, in Fayetteville at about 7 p.m. May 13. Another call followed three hours later.

Morgan left home saying she was going to work to solve a computer problem.

She hasn’t been seen since. [Full Story »]

After merger, Milner Milling now known as Grain Craft

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Wednesday, May 14. 2014

Grain Craft has been selected as the name for the business created by the combination of Cereal Food Processors, Inc., Milner Milling Co. and Pendleton Flour Mills. The acquisition of C.F.P. by Milner Milling and Pendleton was completed May 8, said Charles B. Stout, chief executive officer of Milner and Pendleton. [Full Story »]

Veteran local street thug off to prison for 20 years

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Monday, May 12. 2014

By Walter Geiger

A local street thug who has tormented local police since he was a juvenile was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week by Judge Tommy Wilson after being convicted by a jury of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana and possession of scales to weigh out drugs for sale.

Rodney Woods, 38, had been offered a plea deal but balked at the last minute, forcing the judge to draw a jury. [Full Story »]

Trojan sprinters shatter 18-year-old 4x100 relay record

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Friday, May 9. 2014

The Lamar County 4x100 relay team is on fire at the state track meet in Jefferson.

In a preliminary heat, the Trojan squad - made up of (in the order they get the baton) Lawrence Austin, Lance Austin, Qua Searcy and Ray Lyons - ran a 41.51, shattering the old record of 41.65 set by Elbert County in 1996.

UPDATE: Lance Austin qualified for the finals in the 100 meters with the meet's second best time in the prelims. Lawrence Austin qualified for the finals in the 110-meter hurdles with the meet's best prelim time of 14.51. Still to come are prelims in other track events.

It's the Qua Searcy Show at state track meet

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Thursday, May 8. 2014

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Qua Searcy, considered by many to be the best athlete to ever come out of Lamar County, put on a show Thursday at the Class AA state track finals at Jefferson, winning two events and finishing second in a third. [Full Story »]

2014 Sample Ballots

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Thursday, May 8. 2014

Click story to view the 2014 sample ballots for the Lamar County Democratic and Republican party. [Full Story »]

Beauty and the Beast presented tonight

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Thursday, May 8. 2014

The young actors and actresses at Lamar County Elementary School will present the Disney classic ‘Beauty and the Beast Jr.’ Thursday May 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts Center. [Full Story »]

Railroad crossing work set for Thursday on Veteran’s Parkway

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Wednesday, May 7. 2014

At the request of Norfolk Southern Railway, the Department of Transportation will close the railroad crossing on Veteran’s Parkway near Highway 36 and Thomaston Street. Improvements to the track will be made. Traffic will be detoured from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., Thursday, May 8, weather permitting.
This railway maintenance operation and the road closure is a necessity to enable the railway in creating a smooth transition for motorists at this rail crossing, according to a DOT press release.

Motorists will be able to access businesses, schools and residences in the area up to the work zone. Detour routes will be as follows:

• Traffic traveling from Upson County on 36 will be directed to continue onto Thomaston Street for three-tenth of a mile to Rose Avenue. Turn left onto Rose and travel to its intersection with the four-lane.

• Traffic traveling from Spalding County will be directed to turn left onto Rose to Thomaston Street, turning right and continuing back to its intersection with Veteran’s.