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This year, U.S. clocks spring forward an hour at 2 a.m. local time on March 8. Implementing Daylight Saving Time, or Summer Time, has always been an uphill battle. Benjamin Franklin first thought of shifting…

Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour before retiring tonight for Daylight Savings Time.

Lamar County’s 2009 citizen superlatives were named tonight at the 26th annual Community Awards Banquet sponsored by the Barnesville-Lamar County Chamber of Commerce.The winners were:Volunteer of the Year: Danny Vaughn.Career Woman of the Year: Missy…

United Bank became the third stop of an apparent serial bank robber this morning when it was robbed by a gun-wielding white male. The suspect allegedly robbed a bank in Dublin Monday and one in…

“Oh, the places you’ll go! You’ll be on your way up! You’ll be seeing great sights! You’ll join the high fliers who soar to high heights,”Dr. Seuss spells out in the book Oh, The Places…

Public schools in Lamar County are closed Monday due to inclement weather. Update: Classes at St. George’s Episcopal School in Milner have also been cancelled. Update II: Classes at Gordon College are cancelled until noon.…

A Lamar County man was bludgeoned to death early Saturday morning, becoming the community’s third murder victim in just over three months.William Charles (Bubba) Milner, 45, was working alone on the overnight shift at Eagle…

Snow began falling heavily here Sunday morning and continues to fall at this writing. Update: Lamar County schools are closed Monday!Accumulation is expected to be light but, who knows, maybe there will be enough for…