LaGrange News

An 88-year-old LaGrange, Ga. woman has told police there that she was struck in the head with a cast iron skillet while she was lying in bed.

An 'aerial view' of the Boys and Girls Club's city, complete with a river running through town to the ocean, farm land in the foreground, and industrial space off to the left.

Local July Fourth Parade Makes News 'Around World' - LaGrange's "Sweet Land of Liberty" Fourth of July Parade has received international recognition, according to local merchant Chris Cleaveland, who is visiting relatives in West Germany.

A college professor is taking aim at singer Tom Petty's charge that "religion seems a to be at the base of all wars," claiming that, based on his analysis of 400 years of conflict, this simply isn't the case.

A stalker isn't necessarily someone you know; as one local minister found out, it could be a complete stranger.

David Perdue, shown during a campaign stop in LaGrange on July 9, secured the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat for Georgia during Tuesday's runoff election.

A golf tournament and silent auction set for Aug. 2 at the Hogansville Gold Club will benefit the family of Jackson Davis, 2, who was diagnosed with Menkes Disease soon after he was born.

LaGrange police said around 9:30 p.m., they were called to the West Georgia Tech campus on Orchard Hill Road to help 73-year-old Annie Faye Hamlin find her truck.

Troup County Association of Beekeepers meets at 7 p.m. at the Ag Building on Hamilton Road.

As the Executive Director of DASH for LaGrange, Inc., I took exception to information presented in Mr. Bill Gilmore's letter to the editor "Property tax increase for 2015" that appeared in the July 14th addition of the LaGrange Daily News.

County Manager Tod Tentler, left, shows officials around the resurfaced Chris Joseph track.

Eagle's Nest Cathedral , 1306 E. 10th St. in West Point, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Melissa Joyce Allen is set to wed Quinton Roberts of LaGrange on Aug. 9 at 4 p.m. at the Lafayette Garden Inn Best Western in LaGrange.

Natalie Elaine Young is set to wed William Madison Curry on Sept. 6, 2014, at First United Methodist Church in LaGrange.

Eleven-year-old Blake Desadier thought his mom was lying when she told him there were other kids like him with Tourette's syndrome.

LaGrange police are searching for an unknown number of robbery suspects after a man was beaten and robbed on Revis Street Friday, according to a press release.

Completion of Dam Seen for 1970 - Col. Paul W. Ramey of the U.S. Corps of Engineers in Savannah said Tuesday that the proposed Chattahoochee River dam is expected to be completed in the early 1970s depending upon technical progress and Congressional appropriation of funds.

Troup County Sheriff's Office, investigators have arrested and charged 51-year-old Jennifer Lyn Gray of LaGrange with one count of Aggravated Stalking.

Meetings: Self Help Harbor, 909 Stonewall St., hosts AA meetings at 8 a.m., noon, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. True Word Praise and Worship Center, 10 Wares Cross Road suite 90, hosts revival services at 7 p.m. feauturing pastor James Terry of Manchester.

What started out as a temporary visit to LaGrange to stay with family turned into nearly a year of meeting some of my favorite people ever and learning more about being a journalist than I ever could in college.