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The battle over E.T. Carlyle Co.’s proposed construction and demolition landfill returns to Lamar County superior court today at 9 a.m.Judge Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. of the Griffin Judicial Circuit will hear the company’s motion…

Keith Lassiter, Lamar County Cooperative Extension Coordinator and Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent will retire March 31, after more than 33 years with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Lassiter began…

Most areas of Barnesville-Lamar County received between 4.5 to 5 inches of rain over the past 48 hours, resulting in localized flooding. The rain has now ended and waters are receding though creeks and ponds…

Lamar County has received confirmation that its $11 million in stimulus package road projects meet criteria. The next step is to see if it gets any money. News is expected in May.”This will free up…

Officials from Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division are overseeing the removal of sewage from a waste water treatment pond at what was once a campground here.Todd Driver of the Lamar County Health Department reported last week…

A Lamar County man was lifeflighted to Grady Hospital in Atlanta Sunday night after wrecking his motorcycle on Maddox Road in Spalding County, according to reports.The victim, identified as Jeffery Turner, spent all day Monday…

Tonight at 5:15pm Christopher Hightower was sworn into Barnesville City Council.Hightower will take the ward two seat vacated last year by Annie Mae Harris.In the election (versus Ronald Horton) Hightower took 34 votes while Horton…

Tony Boyd of Barnesville caught this huge bass today in a private pond.Boyd had been catching big fish in the pond all weekend on purple june bug baits. He went back Monday and this 14…