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The Lamar County commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. this evening to gather citizen input on its 2009 millage rate.According to legal advertising published in The Herald-Gazette, the county will reduce its…

An investigator from the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture has confirmed the City of Barnesville violated it own ordinance and needlessly euthanized a dog just hours after it was picked up and taken to the local…

Sheriff’s investigators continue to probe what neighbors are calling a home invasion that occurred in the 1800 block of Highway 36 East in Milner July 16 and left an elderly man with head injuries.Investigators say…

This afternoon around 1:30 p.m. Barnesville police served Apostle Bobby Slaughter (see: The House That Bobby Built in this week’s print edition of The Herald-Gazette) with 15 counts of zoning ordinance violation on three different…

An erroneous tax notice had Barnesville city councilwoman Anne Claxton up in arms at the July 9 tax assessor’s board meeting.Claxton received notice May 21 of a 2009 assessment for a home she owns at…

The Lamar County commission voted unanimously July 14 to appoint Aaron Brown to fill the unexpired term of James Butler on the Board of Assessors.The appointment was added to the agenda at the request of…

Lamar County sheriff Larry Waller, who has been a patient at the Macon Medical Center since July 8, expects to be released today.Glenna Waller reported from the hospital this morning that they are waiting for…

This man caused quite a stir on Honeysuckle Lane in Barnesville Monday morning.