West Point News

Advanced Tai Chi for Health class is 11:45 a.m. at The Active Life, 140 Ragland St.

We are in the middle of graduation season. Graduates of all levels are waving diplomas.

The Salvation Army, 806 Murphy Ave., provides emergency food assistance 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Picture ID and Social Security card are needed.

The Salvation Army, 806 Murphy Ave., provides emergency food assistance 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Picture ID and Social Security card are needed.

A Helping Hand LLC and the LaGrange Housing Authority hosts its first free Senior Health Fair at the housing authority, 201 Chatham St.

Law enforcement duty obligates a willingness to change with the times. Non-traditional thinking helps officers better serve the community, while making best use of citizens' tax dollars.

Story Hour featuring stories, fingerplays, songs and rhymes for preschoolers and their escorts is at 10:30 a.m. at Hawkes Library in West Point.

DASH for LaGrange Inc. has received a total of $575,000 in Community Housing Improvement Program grants for renovation of houses in unincorporated Troup County, Hogansville and West Point.

Submitted Contestants in Columbus Classic Club 2013 Ms. Southwest Georgia Senior Pageant are, from left, Joan Jones of Columbus, Gladys Long of Ellijay, Ann Carlisle of Columbus, Linda Combs of West Point, Linda Whitlock of LaGrange and Brenda Wise of West Point.

About 20 residents - and at least 50 more via petition - spoke out Thursday against a developer's plans to build "home-style" apartments on Webb Road, on what would become annexed into the city of West Point.

According to a West Point press release, Thadius Squiea Booker, 17, and Morquvious Monriqua Brooks, 18, are wanted as suspects in the attempted armed robbery of Hershey's Store in West Point on April 19 shortly before 9 p.m. Investigations revealed that Booker allegedly fired two shots at the store clerk before fleeing in a 90s model four-door ... (more)

According to a West Point Police Department press release, officers received a call Tuesday at about 6:25p.m. in reference to a home invasion and armed robbery.Officers arrived at the 100 block of Hudson Lane and found that the victim had been bound around his hands and feet with duct tape.

The military influence on the Tennessee Valley could get a bit stronger depending on who the Madison City Council appoints as its new school board member.

West Point Mayor Drew Ferguson IV told residents to "dream big" Monday night when taking up the next phase of the city's redevelopment plan.

The American Red Cross holds a blood drive from 12:30 to 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church on Broad Street in LaGrange.

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May 5 - 11 is Goodwill Week, and the Newnan Goodwill Career Center is celebrating with a week full of events focused on employment help and financial literacy.

The LaGrange Art Museum hosts the Art N' Bloom high tea and demonstration 3 to 6 p.m. at Highland Country Club.

As is often the case when the Bassmaster Elite Series comes back to a venue for a second or third or fourth time, things change.

West Point police have charged a man with child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and sexual battery after a report in the city last month from three alleged victims between the ages of 5 and 7. Kendricus Jerome Buckner, 26, of Eastwood Lane was already a convicted and registered sex offender, police said.