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Animal Control was called to the home of Bob Taylor on Murphey Ave. in Barnesville this morning to pick up a stiff, dead deer that had been attacked at some point during the night.The body…

One of the most intriguing agenda items for tonight’s (January 13) Lamar County commission meeting is the appointments to the Industrial Development Authority. Current commission appointees at the end of their terms are Gene Hardwick…

The Barnesville city council heard of plans to crack down on skateboarders at its regular meeting January 12Mayor Peter Banks said skateboarders will soon be facing fines for repeat offenses after property on Market Street…

A chocolate Labrador retriever named Vidalia and her puppy companion found themselves locked up in the Barnesville animal control shelter. Their owner Joseph Murphy Jr. did not know Barnesville had an animal shelter, but he…

The first Barnesville city council meeting of the year traditionally brings an agenda full of appointments and reappointments and 2009 is no exception.The biggest change this year will come in the appointments January 12 to…

A panel appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to study streamlining Georgia’s education system has recommended moving two-year colleges out of the control of the Board of Regents to the Department of Technical and Adult Education…

Ronald L.(Tootsie) Horton and Christopher Hightower have qualified to seek the ward two seat on the Barnesville city council vacated by the resignation of Annie Mae Harris.Hightower served two terms on the council, having been…

A 69-year-old white male was seriously injured in a one-car accident Monday night on Cannafax Road. The victim, identifed as Robert Schaber, was lifeflighted to a trauma center.He suffered a head injury and was unconscious…