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West Point will decide library funding
Four months after passing its 2013 spending plan, West Point City Council will vote Monday on how to fund Hawkes Library in West Point and Bradshaw Library in adjacent Valley, Ala. Library funding was a main sticking point of the budget negotiations – as it has been for the last several years. When council passed its budget in December, $30,0000 was kept in a fund for library services. Since then, the city and both libraries have been worki...
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‘Wall that Heals’ makes brief stop in LaGrange
The traveling exhibit ‘The Wall That Heals,’ made a brief stop in LaGrange Tuesday on its way to Columbus where it will be on display for four days. The exhibit stopped at the Interstate 85 southbound weigh scale for about an hour and was greeted by close to 200 motorcycle riders from various groups and also staff from the Sheriff’s Office including Sheriff James Woodruff and Chief Deputy Jon Whitney. The ‘Wall That Heals’ allows the souls ...
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Dump truck overturns on car injuring 2
A dump truck overturned on a car Tuesday on Hogansville Road causing severe injuries to two Hogansville residents, according to the Georgia State Patrol. State Trooper Scott Jeter responded to the area of Hogansville Road at Mobley Bridge Road at 3:47 p.m., where a dump trick had overturned on a white a Toyota Avalon. According to Jeter, the Avalon driven by Ann Burke, 62, slowed down while attempting to make a left turn onto Mobley Bridge ...
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HPD to begin new Civilian Police Academy session
The Hogansville Police Department will begin its first 2013 session of the Civilian Police Academy this month. Chief Moses Ector is encouraging citizens to attend so that they will have a better understanding of policing is and how the Hogansville Police Department operates. Some of the classes will include topics such as community policing, understanding Alzheimer’s disease, crime scenes and its importance when conducting investigations ...
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Donation for education
Children from the Boys & Girls Club of West Georgia, along with representatives of LongHorn Steakhouse, stand with a $1,000 check from the restaurant’s parent company and a donation of children’s books. The restaurant donated the cash and the books as part of an annual community effort by Darden Restaurants, LongHorn’s parent organization. Bart McFadden, Boys & Girls Club of West Georgia director, said the club already has received another $1...
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Teen charged with aggravated assault in Monday shooting
A teenager has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly shot a man in the arm. According to a LaGrange Police Department press release, officers responded to the area of Johnson Street at 12:36 a.m. Monday in reference to a person that had been shot. Upon arrival, officers made contact with the victim who stated he had been shot in the arm by Demarcus Norman, 17, of LaGrange. According to Detective Jeremey Jones, a verbal a...
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Updated: County to pay $75,000 in 2007 inmate death settlement
The county will pay almost $75,000 as part of a settlement for an inmate who was killed in 2007 after being hit by a rock thrown by a county bush hog. County Commissioners announced Tuesday after a closed executive session that the county would pay $74,721.64 for its insurance deductible for a settlement to the family of John Glass of Tallapoosa. Glass, 40 at the time of the incident, was killed Nov. 14, 2007, while on a county work detail....
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County to settle with family of inmate who was killed
The county will pay almost $75,000 as part of a settlement for an inmate who was killed in 2007 after being hit by a rock thrown by a county bush hog. County Comissioners announced Tuesday after a closed executive session that the county would pay $74,721.64 for its insurance deductible for a settlement to the family of John Glass of Tallapoosa. Glass, 40 at the time of the incident, was killed Nov. 14, 2007, while on a county work detail. ...
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After outcry, Hogansville will lower utility rates
Hogansville City Council voted Monday night to give residents and small commercial customers a break on their electric rates after high bills issued in March led to a number of complaints. The rates will drop by 1.5 cents per kilowatt hour next month, from 12.23 cents to 10.73 cents, which amounts to about $30 per customer. A “franchise fee,” charged on electric, water, sewer and gas also will drop – 3 percent on electric and 4 percent on t...
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LaGrange, West Georgia Technical colleges announce agreement
A new statewide partnership will make it easier for West Georgia Technical College graduates to enter LaGrange College with a transfer of credit hours. The articulation agreement between the Georgia Independent College Association and the Technical College System of Georgia was signed last month in a state capitol ceremony hosted by Gov. Nathan Deal. Labeled an “unprecedented public-private partnership,” the agreement is believed to be one ...
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Police Reports
Public safety
• A fight was reported in the 100 block of Turner Street, after a woman said a group of juveniles began knocking on her door. One female in particular, she said, was familiar to her and wanted to ...
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Robbery Police were investigating a robbery at La Colombiana, 306 B Cherry St., Saturday night. A man told police that he was approached by an unknown suspect, who choked him and stole his cel...
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Burglaries, thefts A woman reported an air conditioner stolen from her home in the 100 block of Fuller Road. The unit is valued at approximately $1,500, according to a police report. An empl...
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Burglaries, thefts •Two flat-screen televisions were reportedly stolen during a burglary in the 100 block of Butler Street. The victim told police the 42-inch and 26-inch televisions were stol...
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Man arrested on auto theft charge near Liberty Hill Park
• A man was arrested and charged with auto theft, after police recovered a stolen vehicle in the woods near the lake access of Liberty Hill Park on Monday. The Troup County Sheriff’s Office noti...
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Restaurant Inspections
Restaurant inspections for June 16
Explanations: Here is an explanation of food service inspection violations used by Troup County Health Department. 1. Food-borne illness risk factors and public health interventions: Risk fact...
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Restaurant inspections for May 29
Explanations: Here is an explanation of food service inspection violations used by Troup County Health Department. 1. Food-borne illness risk factors and public health interventions: Risk fact...
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Restaurant Inspections, May 24
Explanations: Here is an explanation of food service inspection violations used by Troup County Health Department. 1. Food-borne illness risk factors and public health interventions: Risk fact...
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Restaurant inspections for May 22
Explanations: Here is an explanation of food service inspection violations used by Troup County Health Department. 1. Food-borne illness risk factors and public health interventions: Risk fact...
May 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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