This is the last in a three-part series on local news that made the biggest headlines in 2009:

— Sept. 21 - Four-year-old Jazmine Hudson, who was born with a heart defect and suffered a brain aneurysm and multiple strokes, defies medical predictions and continues to live with her family. The family receives support through Atlanta Braves’ pitcher Tim Hudson and his wife Kim’s Hudson Family Foundation, which moves Jazmine from her cramped living space in West Point to a house in Newnan.

— Sept. 24 - Chattahoochee River fills to dangerous levels as flood waters from Atlanta stream down to West Point.

— Sept. 29 - The Georgia Supreme Court upholds the murder conviction of Terry Lamar Hubbard Jr., who was sentenced to life in prison for the Oct. 4, 2005, shooting of Dazman Anderson. Hubbard had alleged judicial error and ineffective assistance of counsel.

— Oct. 20 - Former Callaway Middle School teacher Elizabeth Gaddy, 46, pleads guilty to child molestation for having oral sex with a 13-year-old male student. She receives five years in prison and 15 years’ probation.

— Oct. 21 - LaGrange Daily News editor Andrea Lovejoy announces her retirement after 31 years at the paper, where she started as a part-time feature writer in June 1978.

— Nov. 14 - Clerk Joseph “Peace” Boison, 55, is shot and killed while working at a Shell Mart convenience store on Vernon Street. Donations and a benefit concert help pay for funeral expenses, and memorials are held in his honor.

— Nov. 18 - West Point City Councilwoman Judy Wilkinson faces misdemeanor charges for serving alcohol without a license during a bridal show at her Columbus business.

— Nov. 20 - The city of LaGrange first discusses regulating group homes following the shooting of Boison, allegedly by a former resident of a group home on Ridley Avenue. A draft ordinance would require new group homes to be in commercial or general industrial zones, and all such homes would be required to have a special-use permit that could be revoked.

— Dec. 1 - Mansour’s clothing store closes after 92 years on Lafayette Square. The family-owned business had filed for bankruptcy in 2004, and stores in Macon, Augusta and Columbus were closed in the fall 2003.

— Dec. 10 - Troup County school officials decide, at least for the time being, to keep West Side Magnet School and Cannon Street Elementary School intact despite state budget cuts. West Side has been proposed as a K-5 school, while Cannon Street would be closed.

— Dec. 15 - Troup County sheriff’s Lt. Rick Massie is fired because of a personnel policy that county employees can’t be out of work for more than a year. Massie was seriously injured after a car wreck on the job 14 months earlier.

— Dec. 16 - Harvey and Pamela Darden, a couple from Hogansville, say they enjoyed a breakfast with President Obama in November after being let through by White House and Secret Service personnel. They were not on the guest list.

— Dec. 17 - David Kerr is honored on his retirement after 21 years as chief of police in West Point. The outgoing chief was hired as a teacher for Columbus State University’s West Point campus.