Barnesville News

The overwhelming success of the barnesville.com and pikecountygeorgia.com websites has required an extensive upgrade of the servers hosting them and those upgrades are due to begin soon.

BPD investigators have made an arrest in a rash of recent burglaries at city businesses.

Miguel de Jaham, 73, of Yatesville died Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. A memorial Mass was celebrated at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov.

On Halloween local pet owners let the dogs out. Many of them could be found at the first Count Barkula Halloween dog costume contest held at Ritz Park.

Barnesville Police are asking for the help of the community in identifying the man pictured as he is a possible suspect in regards to at least four burglaries in Barnesville.

Early voting for the Dec. 1 Barnesville runoff election began Monday and will run through Tues-day, Nov.

Hayley Morris and Nabeel Khan of Barnesville announce the birth of their daughter Kylie Alexis Morris Wednesday, Nov.

Notice, Probate Court of Lamar County RE: Petition of Charlie Frank Ham to probate in solemn form the will of John Thomas Ham, deceased, and for Letters of Administration with will annexed, upon which an order for service was granted by this court on Oct.

BARNESVILLE, GA: Litta Hicks, age 83, resident of Barnesville, Georgia and former Shelby resident died Saturday, November 14, 2009 in Emory Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

As a result Potato Creek at Highway 18, just west of Barnesville and east of Zebulon, has swollen onto the banks of pastures and cleared land.

A Barnesville man has been arrested for allegedly leaving a pit bull chained to a porch after he moved from the residence.

The advance voting period for the December 1 Barnesville city council runoff has been established but absentee ballots are not yet available.

It all began with a simple loaf of bread. Two years ago, Barnes-ville First Baptist Church began giving bread to Rev.

Lamar deputies working drug interdiction on I-75 made two arrests and seized a firearm, marijuana, ecstacy and a large amount of cash Nov.

Melissa Anderson of Barnesville announces the birth of her daughter Isabella Elizabeth Anderson at 5:13 p.m. Thursday, Oct.

Rep. Billy Maddox will deliver the keynote address Wednesday at the annual Veterans Day observance in Barnesville.

The Lamar County commission honored the late Marty Jackson, a Barnesville police officer who died of a heart attack August 12, at its regular meeting November 10.

The Beatles tribute band The Return is performing at the Lamar County Schools Fine Arts Center in Barnesville on November 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 each but this is your chance to win a free pair of tickets courtesy of The Herald-Gazette and the Fine Arts Center.

A three-vehicle crash at the deadly intersection of highways 18 & 341 in Barnesville left four people, including two children, injured Tuesday morning.

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McCorquodale Pearson, age 93, of Barnesville passed away Friday, Oct.