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Gordon College has notified homeowners near property it acquired off Collier Road several years ago that it plans to cut timber there beginning this month.The property, known as the Tyus estate, contains approximately 70 acres…

Barnesville city councilman Lynn Wilson reported at tonight’s meeting that he will not seek reelection to his post in the November city vote.Wilson, a veteran council member and the current mayor pro tem, made his…

First its Thomaston office shut down.Now, the American Red Cross is without a presence in the Lamar County area after its Griffin office was shut down due to a lack of funding.In 2008, the Thomaston…

In the weeks before Christmas, three Lamar County families lost their infants simply doing what many parents do ‘“ taking their baby into their bed for the night. All three of the children suffocated when…

Despite a contract to buy water exclusively from the Lamar County Water & Sewer Authority, Vulcan Materials has not used any county water for the past several months at its northeast Lamar quarry site.Vulcan returned…

Some nine hours after it was found, the body of a middle aged white male now positively identified as Charles G. Adams, 56, was removed from a doorway at 488 Grove Street after a fatal…

A devastating one-vehicle crash closed Brook Road near Walton Road yesterday but, miraculously, the driver of the mangled vehicle survived. (video after the jump)Mike Maynard of the Georgia State Patrol identified the driver of the…