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Date set for fundraising 5K for bombing victims
A 5K race to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings is set for June 1 at Hollis Hand Elementary School in LaGrange. The Troup County Boston Relief Fund is sponsoring with Cross Fit LaGrange to hold the race at 7:30 a.m. Also appearing at the race will be McGruff the Crime Dog, LaGrange Police, Air Evac, Troup County Sheriff’s office and other local public service agencies. Along with Mike and Lindsey Foster, owners of Cross...
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In our community, April 23-25
Events Today LaGrange Memorial Library hosts Pajama Night for children of all ages at 6:30 p.m. Attendees will hear tales followed by milk and cookies. Maryanna Gruendler, a second generation nutritionist and Impact 360 student, gives a series of educational classes that focus on losing excess weight, developing healthy eating habits, getting more energy and much more at 7 p.m. at the DHA Community Center in Pine Mountain. There is...
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Jackson Heating & Air converts 20 trucks to propane autogas
Jackson Heating & Air has converted 20 of their service vehicles to run on propane autogas. Friday afternoon, despite rainy weather, the LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate their member’s 40 years of business and its commitment to green initiatives. Co-owners Dale and Ben Jackson greeted local deligates. LaGrange-Troup County Chamber of Commerce President Page Estes welcomed everyone and c...
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Late local author’s novel to be released
A novel by LaGrange author Toni M. Cauble, “Alabama Baby,” is being published and will be available on Friday. Cauble, widely known in the Southeast from her public relations career in the textile industry and as a supporter of the arts, died in August at her LaGrange home after battling pancreatic cancer for more than a year. She was a one-time columnist for the LaGrange Daily News. “Her book was one of her great loves and a real susta...
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Jacob Foster, in Rey Mysterio Jr. makup, meets the wrestler that inspired the look at WrestleMania 29 earlier in April. Foster and his family got to go to the event as part of the Make-A-Wish program.
Youth gets wish to see Wrestlemania
When a cake was brought out for children meeting their favorite characters at WrestleMania 29 in New Jersey earlier this month, Jacob Foster couldn’t eat any of it. So WWE wrestler John Cena, who Foster admires most of all, gave the 12-year-old one of his arm bands. “He was in the Marines and he was a rapper,” Foster said, listing reasons he likes Cena. “When he salutes the crowd, he means it. It’s for the Marines and all the fans. And he...
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Blackout: 3,500 affected by power outage
About 3,500 LaGrange electric customers, including the LaGrange Daily News and the city’s industrial park, were without power for almost an hour this morning for about an hour after a transformer failed at a substation. Utilities Director Patrick Bowie said the No. 5 substation near the utility service center on Lukken Industrial Drive had a transformer fail about 7:39 a.m. this morning. “It affected a pretty wide area but not a lot of re...
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College announces Price Theater restoration
The next time the curtain is raised in LaGrange College’s Price Theater, much more will be unveiled than a high-quality performance. The audience also will be privy to a first glimpse of the theater’s $2.18 million restoration, scheduled to be completed in September. Initial construction began earlier this month, and Friday the college marked the official start of Price Theater’s rebirth with a ceremony in the lobby. “I have watched how t...
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Mary Ann Mavis prepares to blow out the candles on a birthday cake given to her by Habitat for Humanity officials. Mary Ann and husband Arthur Mavis, left, have been helping on Habitat for Humanity builds for 17 years.
‘We can’t imagine doing it without you’
Building houses for Habitat for Humanity has been a calling that one area couple has followed for almost two decades and shown no sign of giving up, even if they are in their 80s. Arthur, 81, and Mary Ann Mavis, 83, have been involved in almost every build in Troup County and the surrounding region covered by the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate. Starting with a blitz build in Atlanta in 1996 for the Olympics, the couple, then in their ...
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The historic pavilion and pool locker rooms at Boyd Park will be converted into a community building that can host reunions, weddings and other parties.
County set to start amphitheater project
Boyd Park is just a few months away from a total transformation. Troup County Manager Tod Tentler says work on converting the park into an amphitheater will begin this fall, as soon as money collected in the special-purpose, local-option sales tax can be bonded. “I’m exited to get started,” he said. The project will cost about $5 million, including $1 million in SPLOST funds and $4 million from the Callaway Foundation. A downtown mast...
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Man charged with furnishing alcohol to teens in fatal wreck
A Hogansville man has been charged with furnishing alcohol to the teens involved in a wreck April 14 where one was killed. Leslie Keith Bishop, 25, of East Main Street in Hogansville was arrested about 3 p.m. Friday and charged by LaGrange police with furnishing alcohol to persons under 21 following an investigation, said Capt. Dale Strickland. Christopher Mabe, 16, was killed and Timothy “Trent” Ferguson, also 16, was injured when the 20...
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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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Public safety
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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Public safety
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...
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