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Housing authority examines budget possibilities for next fiscal year
The threat of sequestered funds has made many government agencies look hard into their budgets for the next fiscal year. The LaGrange Housing Authority board met Tuesday to discuss two budget options, one including the possibility of HUD not giving any subsidy for the year; the other budget showed that of receiving an 87 percent subsidy from HUD. In budget sheets of the two plans, the zero subsidy budget would leave the possibility of $1....
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West Point will start downtown planning effort
With its 10th Street corridor plan underway, West Point City Council now will tackle a master plan for its downtown. Aaron Fortner, a planner with Atlanta-based Market and Main, said the process will be similar to the one that created the 10th Street plan. Market and Main tackled that plan in 2010. The downtown plan will take about four months as opposed to the year for 10th Street, mostly because it’s a lot smaller, Fortner said. “Down...
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Progress reported on Hamilton Road widening
LaGrange City Council felt comfortable enough with progress on the proposed widening of Hamilton Road to applaud the latest project manager sent down from the Georgia Department of Transportation on Tuesday. “I’ll promise I’ll do everything I can,” said Adam Smith, after receiving praise from the council. The project to widen Hamilton Road from two to four lanes from Morgan Street to near Lukken Industrial Drive – where it already is four...
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Conviction of Alabama man murdering West Point woman upheld
The 2002 conviction of an Alabama man for the murder of an elderly West Point woman was upheld in Georgia’s Supreme Court on Monday. The Supreme Court said evidence supported that Harold Hall, who was 48 when a jury took less than two hours to find him guilty on malice murder charges Feb. 21, 2002, was responsible for the murder of Rachel Posey, 78, on Dec. 1, 2000. In the original trial, prosecutors said Hall, of Tuskegee, Ala., had been d...
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LPD: Man arrested after pretending to be officer
A LaGrange man was arrested Monday night after he allegedly impersonated a Troup County Sheriff’s deputy. According to a LaGrange police report, two LaGrange residents said they had been harassed by someone who was claiming to be a deputy. The victims, a daughter and mother, told LPD officer Clinton Stephens that they were arguing in front of a residence when a man, later identified as Bradley Akins, 19, walked up with a pair of black han...
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Elite Life Solutions joins chamber
Elite Life Solutions, located at 201 Calumet Center, Suite B, in LaGrange, became the newest member of the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce on Friday. The agency is an insurance brokerage that specializes in life insurance. Elite Life’s managing partners and co-owners Nicholas Poe and Dean Bridwell were joined by their family, friends and employees to celebrate the official cutting of the chamber’s green and gold ribbons. Represe...
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Brazil’s ecology and diversity the topic of 3D lecture
LaGrange College Assistant Professor Mark Yates was the lecturer for Monday’s 3D Journeys lecture series, “Rhythms of Brazil,” at LaGrange College’s Turner Hall. His lecture on “The Diversity and Ecology of the Brazilian Rain Forrest,” was the third in this year’s series. Yates is in his second year working as an assistant professor in the college’s Biology Department. Yates earned his undergraduate degree in biology from Furman Universit...
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In our community, March 26–30
Exhibits Ongoing Legacy Museum on Main, 136 Main St. in LaGrange, hosts the exhibit Weddings of West Georgia: Something Old, Something New until April 20 with wedding dresses, shoes, veils, announcements, invitations and newspaper reports used to spotlight love and weddings in West Georgia from the 1800s to the present. Admission is free. The museum is open Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admissi...
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Fire decimates trailer, no one injured
Officials are investigating a fire that burned a trailer at 901 Ringer St., lot 37 Friday night. According to a LaGrange Police Department report, Officer Josh Noles responded to the residence at 8:05 p.m Friday in reference to a structure fire. The LaGrange Fire Department was already at the scene, tending to the fire upon Noles’ arrival. A neighbor, who was outside working on a motorcycle said he saw the fire through a bedroom window an...
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No charges from police after student-teacher incident
A mother of a Troup High School students says she will pursue simple battery charges in magistrate court – and perhaps more – after her son was allegedly choked by a substitute teacher this week. “I intend to push this as far as I can go,” said Catherine Owensby, mother of Justice Marible, 15. “It’s bad enough you have to worry about other children bringing a gun to school but when the people who are supposed to be in charge do something li...
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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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Public safety
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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