News
Council considers potential voting precinct changes
Voting in LaGrange could be consolidated from seven precincts to four in an effort to take polling locations out of schools.
Tommy Murphy, Author at LaGrange Daily News
Features
Medders retires from school system to get back to his roots
Dennis “Chip” Medders, assistant superintendent of maintenance and operations, will retire from the Troup County School System on Friday.
by Tommy Murphy, Saturday, January 28, 2023 8:00 am
News
Council approves sewer line expansion for development off Mooty Bridge Rd
On Tuesday, the LaGrange City Council approved an intergovernmental between the City of LaGrange and Troup County to fund a sewer line expansion to a ...
by Tommy Murphy, Friday, January 27, 2023 9:00 am
Education
Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Rosemont Elementary School
On Thursday morning, the Troup County School System hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Rosemont Elementary School. TCSS Superintendent Dr. Brian Shumate said the ...
by Tommy Murphy, Friday, January 27, 2023 9:00 am
News
Edmondson and Arrington qualify to run for mayor of LaGrange
Former Councilmen Willie Edmondson and Jim Arrington both qualified to run for the mayor of LaGrange on Wednesday. Both men resigned their council seats at ...
by Tommy Murphy, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 3:54 pm
News
Boddie surprised but excited to serve on LaGrange City Council
On Tuesday, after Councilmen Willie Edmondson and Jim Arrington stepped down at the end of the LaGrange City Council meeting to run for mayor, the ...
by Tommy Murphy, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 2:55 pm
News
After months-long wait, commission approves trucking business license
The Troup County Board of Commissioners has approved a business license for a truck driver to operate out of his home after the decision was ...
by Tommy Murphy, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 9:00 am
News
More than 200 have applied for FEMA assistance
During a called Troup County Board of Commissioners Meeting on Monday afternoon, representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and U.S. Small Business Administration ...
by Tommy Murphy, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 8:00 am
Breaking News
BUSY NIGHT: Arrington, Edmondson resign council seats to run for mayor; Boddie appointed to council
The LaGrange City Council has appointed recent District 2 runner-up Quay Boddie to fill the seat of now-former Councilman Willie Edmondson. Councilman Edmondson and Councilman Jim ...
by Tommy Murphy, Tuesday, January 24, 2023 7:46 pm
News
Former Hogansville Mayor Bill Stankiewicz passes away
Former Hogansville Mayor and City Manager Bill Stankiewicz passed away on Sunday. The two-term mayor was loved by his colleagues throughout the county and helped ...