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Community

Twenty Under Forty: A fixture on local boards, Jones is helping lead LaGrange into the future

During work hours, Jake Jones can often be found in his office at Synovus Bank, pouring through financial data. Locating Jones outside the Synovus office ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Tuesday, July 3, 2018 1:14 pm

Community

Twenty Under Forty: Financial advisor, Hall, involved in Rotary, United Way

Chase Hall stays busy. The dapper, bespectacled Edward Jones financial advisor can often be seen maneuvering his way through downtown in his blue convertible, often driving ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Tuesday, July 3, 2018 1:12 pm

Community

Twenty Under Forty: Beirne will soon leave Point, but he leaves it in a better place

Chris Beirne is an easy conversation. The bright-eyed, quick-smiling Point University Director of Public Relations has a knack for making strangers feel comfortable quickly, which ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Tuesday, July 3, 2018 1:03 pm

Columns

Tragedy will not stop the local papers

On Thursday a one-man attack on the newsroom staff of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, left five staff members dead in a devastating ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Sunday, July 1, 2018 7:22 pm

News

Hogansville council adopts 2018-2019 budget

HOGANSVILLE – The Hogansville City Council voted to adopt the fourth version of the proposed 2018-19 fiscal year budget during a special-called meeting on Wednesday ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Thursday, June 28, 2018 8:07 pm

Government / Politics

‘This was not an easy decision’: Hogansville council votes to raise utility rates

The Hogansville City Council voted unanimously to raise water, wastewater and a portion of electric utility rates for the upcoming fiscal year during Thursday’s meeting. Read more

by Baker Ellis, Friday, June 22, 2018 6:18 pm

Government / Politics

City ignores ECG advice: Hogansville city council denies rate increases

The June 18 Hogansville City Council meeting was highlighted by a motion to not adopt proposed increases in MEAG utility rates for the proposed 2018-19 ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Tuesday, June 19, 2018 8:00 pm

Education

Class of 2018: Callaway High School holds graduation ceremony

Potentially ominous skies stayed clear Thursday night for the graduation ceremony of the Callaway High School class of 2018. The 192-member senior class gathered at ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Thursday, May 24, 2018 9:50 pm

News

LaGrange Academy holds graduation ceremony

The weather outside was dreary, however the atmosphere inside Callaway Auditorium on Tuesday night was anything but, as the LaGrange Academy class of 2018 prepared ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 5:16 pm

News

Hogansville to operate with tight budget in 2018-2019

HOGANSVILLE – The Hogansville City Council reviewed the city financial statement from the month of February and got its first look at the tentative 2018-19 ... Read more

by Baker Ellis, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 5:14 pm

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