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Support your newspaper
Dear Editor, I have read with appreciation your articles urging more people to support their hometown newspaper. I cannot tell you how many friends I have chastised for not doing so. I even se...
Apr 30, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thanks for supporting exchange students
Dear Editor, Heart-felt thanks for placing international friendship celebrations in our city on the front page of your weekend edition in Barbara Henigin’s wonderful report! Host families ar...
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wolfe not ‘king’
Unfortunately, Troup County Commission Chairman Ricky Wolfe and his select cadre of cohorts are still at it, with regard to the unnecessarily controversial refuse collection issue. The secrecy, ...
Apr 26, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 63 63 recommendations | email to a friend
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Settlement figure too low
Dear Editor, Reading the paper last week, it stated the county will pay $75,000 in an inmate death settlement. County Manager Tod Tentler said they came up with the $75,000 figure in a closed ...
Apr 20, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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The money belonged to GSP
Dear Editor, In reference to your article on drug seizure funds, I would like to share some facts that I believe to be important. Unfortunately these facts were omitted from your story. Firs...
Apr 20, 2013 | 5 5 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial
Our View: We never saw it coming
A ton of Americans didn’t see the payroll tax increase coming. Others simply didn’t want to believe it when they heard or read about it, upon the rare occasion that the media would report on it. I...
Feb 08, 2013 | 4 4 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Time for a change in the Sheriff’s office
As the runoff election draws near, you need to seriously think about who you want as your sheriff for the next four years. Sheriff Donny Turner has done many great things during his near 20-year t...
Aug 19, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 101 101 recommendations | email to a friend
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Our View: Bail bond forfeiture collection policy is a failure
Sheriff Donny Turner continues to blame others for his shortcomings and failure to perform his duties. Once again, he has used his personal newsletter, Troup County News, to attack the LaGrange ...
Aug 11, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 240 240 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sheriff suppressing public’s right to know
It’s been a week since the arrest of Alonzo Rico Ford on suspicion of the December 2011 shooting death of Pops Patel at the Ribbitz convenience store on West Point Road. You didn’t read about th...
Jul 25, 2012 | 4 4 comments | 487 487 recommendations | email to a friend
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