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Judge: Board of electors would increase costs
Troup County’s probate judge said Friday that a plan for the county to resurrect a board of electors would cost the county more money. Probate Court Judge Donald Boyd gets a $3,400 annual supplement to be Troup County’s elections superintendent, but told the county commission Friday that an election board would hire out people for the same jobs he currently does. Those include testing all the voting machines, which takes about 45 minutes at ...
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LaGrange pushes e-billing for utilities
The city of LaGrange is encouraging its utility customers to receive their monthly bill online rather than through the mail. “If it saves us money, it saves you money,” said Utilities Director Patrick Bowie. Some utility customers with e-mail may have seen the following message in their inboxes on Wednesday: Dear Customer: We currently mail you a paper utility bill each month. You can help us reduce our operating costs by logging into ...
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photo sumbitted<br /> Charles Darwin, left, shown with his &#8216;brother&#8217; Charles Dickens, was seriously injured last week in an incident with a pit bull. LaGrange police still are looking for the pit bull&#8217;s owner after an officer was forced to shoot the dog to stop the attack.
Police looking for pit bull’s owner
LaGrange police are looking for the owner of a pit bull they were forced to shoot and kill Jan. 26 after the dog attacked a beagle and caused serious injuries. Police say the dog was a black and white pit bull that was seen running at large in the area of College Avenue and Ridge Streets. Darwin, the dog injured in the attacked, returned home early this week after being treated at a local veterinarian’s office. Darwin’s owners David Garr...
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Jennifer Shrader | Daily News<br /> Ann Bartlett shows off her latest creation, a T-shirt quilt for her granddaughter Tori who will graduate this spring from Newnan High School. The quilt includes a shirt from her father, a LaGrange firefighter, T-shirts from school activities and a trip to New York City.
T-shirt quilts are grandmother’s graduation gift
There’s a shirt from the girl’s father, a LaGrange firefighter. There’s one from a trip to New York City, and another one from her time in the chorus. Each shirt brings back a memory and was stitched with hours of work and immeasurable love by Ann Bartlett. The lucky “winner” of this quilt is Bartlett’s granddaughter, Tori, who will graduate from Newnan High School this spring. Bartlett has made a T-shirt quilt for each of her grandchildre...
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Investigator: Pay attention to detail
When Mike McBride was an FBI agent in Florida in the 1970s, he and his partner were getting ready to raid the home of suspected drug dealers that had killed, chopped up and dissolved in acid an undercover sheriff’s deputy. As they approached the back of the home, they encountered something they hadn’t expected – a chain-link fence. Forced to climb over, McBride soon found his partner stuck on the fence by his pants leg. Although funny in ret...
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LaGrange News launches revamped website
If you’re reading this on lagrangenews.com, you should notice a big difference. LaGrange Daily News’ website for local news and sports was revamped today. The format is designed to display more information and be easier to navigate for the thousands of online users. The layout is cleaner, with more ways for viewers to find the news they want from the main page. Major news and sports stories are highlighted by a marque scrolling on the fron...
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City will not fund Winshape camp
The LaGrange City Council will not take up the request of a local pastor to donate $10,000 to a Winshape camp. “There’s a definite religious orientation to the camp, which makes public funding of it impossible,” said City Manager Tom Hall. “We wish (the pastor) luck and we hope he can bring the camp to LaGrange.” The Rev. Greg Brown of Western Heights Baptist Church approached council on Jan. 24 to ask for help with the camp, which is spon...
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Hogansville asks residents to control grease
The city of Hogansville is making steady improvements to its sewer system, but could use some help from residents. “We have an ordinance regulating grease from restaurants, but not from residential properties,” said City Manager James Woods. Restaurants are required to have a “grease trap” to keep the grease from going into the sewer system, but grease from houses and other businesses can be just as big of a problem, Woods said. The grease...
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Spelling bee set for Thursday
The best spellers in Troup County elementary and middle schools will face off Thursday night at 6:30 in the annual system-wide Spelling Bee. The competition is scheduled to take place on Feb. 2 in the auditorium at Hollis Hand Elementary School. The 2011-2012 spelling bee contestants and alternates for each school are: •Berta Weathersbee Elementary School– Braden Haynes, winner, and Charles Ray, alternate; •Callaway Elementary School – Kie...
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Woman sentenced in pastor’s hit-and-run death
A pregnant woman involved in the hit-and-run death of a local pastor was sentenced Monday. In an emotional hearing, Jacqueline Medrano pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and making a false statement to police during an investigation into the death of Max New. She was sentenced to two years in prison for both counts, to be served concurrently. New, a local minister, was killed Aug. 26. He was traveling on Hill Street on his scooter w...
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