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Joel Martin / Daily News<br /> Head-on collision injures drivers<br /> State trooper Will Tatum investigates a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon on West Point Road near Teaver Road. Both drivers, who were not immediately identified, were taken to West Georgia Medical Center with what appeared to be nonlife-threatening injuries. According to a witness, the northbound car ran off the road and the driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to enter the southbound lane. One driver had to be removed from the wreckage by county firefighters using the &#8216;Jaws of Life&#8217; power tool. Man visiting girlfriend attacked
A resident of Tall Pines Apartments was jumped and beaten while visiting his girlfriend in the apartment complex. Police said four men and a woman entered an apartment about 8 p.m. Tuesday, told t...
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Police: Man fights juvenile who beat younger brother
An 18-year-old man was charged with disorderly conduct after punching a 13-year-old in the head. Police said the man walked to the 100 block of East Crovat Street, found the juvenile and began pun...
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Five charged after raids at stores over video gambling
Troup County sheriff’s deputies made arrests at three businesses that allegedly paid cash to customers who played video gambling machines. The businesses were Chalk It Up at 1872 Vernon Road...
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Two accused of distributing meth
Two New Franklin Road residents face methamphetamine charges after one was pulled over for driving on a suspended license. Police said Destiny Dawn Locklear, 23, was stopped by police Saturday and...
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Woman tries to hit repo man with car
A repossession man told police that a woman tried to run over him while he was preparing to repossess her vehicle about 2 a.m. today in the 500 block of South Lee Street. Police said the man was c...
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Two face burglary charges
Two Woodland Drive residents were charged with nine counts of burglary and could face more after they were arrested in the 900 block of Malibu Drive. Police said Darius Magby, 19, and Calderon Dun...
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Crash injures trucker
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The driver of a tractor-trailer rig was airlifted to Atlanta after a crash on Interstate 85 about 6 a.m. today. Troup County firefighters said the driver, whose name was not available, was cut ou...
Alarm scares off thieves at burglar alarm business
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It wasn’t your typical alarm call. At 4:37 Sunday afternoon an alarm triggered a report of a burglary in progress - at a burglar and security alarm business. “They didn’t get ...
Store video camera films purse robbery
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When a LaGrange woman went into Pony Express about 10 p.m. Thursday, a man in the car next to hers stole her purse from between the seats. The theft was captured on one of the Vernon Road store&#...
Woman finds burglar in bedroom
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An 81-year-old resident of Hood Street woke up about 1:45 a.m. today and saw a man standing over her bed. When he realized she was awake, the intruder fled. He had gained entry through a front wi...
Man forces way into house, demands drugs
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A father and his 4-year-old son were at home in the first block of Curran Avenue when a man with a gun forced himself inside the residence demanding drugs. Police said the father heard a knock on...
Officials probe cause of house fire
Trey Wood / Daily News Firefighters battle a blaze that consumed a house on Bartley Road on Tuesday morning.
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Rain fell, wind swirled and the sky was threatening snow Tuesday as Troup County firefighters watched the house of Patricia Eunice at 2467 Bartley Road burn to the ground. The blaze just wouldn&#...
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