For more information or to apply for the homestead exemption, contact the Lamar County Tax Assessor’s Office at 770-358-5161.

The Craig Ogletree football skills camp will return to LCHS Saturday from 9 a.m. – noon. The free camp is offered to kids in ...

The Lamar County School System has been actively cooperating with the Barnesville Police Department to investigate the conduct of a teacher at Lamar County Primary School.

Two female drivers were injured in a head-on collision in a sharp curve on Evans Road here Friday morning. Initial indications were a silver Infiniti SUV was westbound on Evans Road when a white Kia ...

Later that morning, alumnus Thomas “Tog” Goss stepped forward. Now the chief operating officer at Atrium Health Navicent in ...

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Chad Bankston and I launched what can only be described as the most delicious research project in ...

Ms. Marion Lynette “Nette” Wilson, age 86, of Barnesville, Georgia, passed away on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Nette was born on ...

The LCHS Class of 2025 flipped their tassels on a beautiful Saturday morning at Trojan Field. Best wishes to all the grads ...

Despite near continuous rain, a large crowd of youngsters turned out to enjoy CJ Allen’s football camp Saturday morning at ...

Ms. Patricia Ann Goggins was born Oct. 16, 1957 in Lamar County to the late Dorothy Mae Harden and Robert Goggins. She departed this life on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 at Sacred Journey Hospice in ...

The LCHS Class of 2025 will be feted at graduation exercises Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at Trojan Field. Some 180 grads will ...

The 21st annual BBQ & Blues Festival overcame a rainy Saturday morning and a large crowd turned out after the sun came out.