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Local government agencies are coming together to better protect citizens during the current COVID-19 outbreak in Troup County In collaboration with District 4 Public Health and Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Troup County Emergency Management Agency and surrounding agencies and community organizations provided free cloth mask coverings to citizens through a “Mask Troup County” distribution campaign as a way to slow ...

The waiver would allow teachers to focus more on a student’s well-being instead of test scores Today Governor Brian P. Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods of the Georgia Department of Education issued the following joint statement: ‘Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, we have urged common sense regarding compliance in Georgia’s public schools, and a focus before ...

On Thursday night, the Troup County Board of Education voted unanimously to promote Chief Human Resource Officer Dennis ‘Chip’ Medders to Assistant Superintendent of Maintenance and Operations. Medders is stepping into the position vacated by long-time Assistant Superintendent John Radcliffe, who recently retired. Due to budget constraints the school system doesn’t plan to immediately hire a full-time replacement for Medders ...

West Point Elementary School students are getting more than a hot meal through West Point Elementary’s summer lunch program. In partnership with the LaGrange Art Museum, West Point Elementary recently donated at-home art-making kits to students for continuing art and humanities education during the summer months. The program aims to keep students actively engaged in creative thinking even while not ...

Following large gatherings and protests at the Troup County jail on Wednesday over COVID19 concerns, the Troup County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with the District of Public Health, began testing all inmates for the novel coronavirus at 8:30 Friday morning. A release by the Sheriff’s Office detailed that nearly 400 inmates would be tested and that the process would ...

LaGrange Police and the Georgia State Patrol are currently investigating vehicle crash on New Franklin Road that shut down both southbound lanes and sent at least three to the emergency room. The accident occurred Friday morning when a silver Nissan SUV carrying a family from Villa Rica headed to the beach collided with a maroon Chevrolet pickup truck causing the ...

LaGrange Police have charged a 15-year-old juvenile with misdemeanor gun charges after he allegedly fired a gun from a vehicle. Wednesday night, about 9:49 p.m., officers with the LaGrange Police Department were called to the 900 block of Elm Street in reference to reports of a gunshot being fired from a vehicle. While en route, police were advised by a ...

Nobody can swing a tennis racket quite like Esther Dolinger. She is six-years-old, and she is already taking tennis lessons at the McCluskey Complex in LaGrange. Dolinger is getting the hang of it. The girl is listening and learning. She is playing the game with a meaningful tennis aptitude. Dolinger is reacting and returning. “I get in a crouch, and ...

Not much has changed, and that is a good thing. The bass fishing on West Point Lake remains consistently good, yearround. That is a fishing fact. Why else would anglers travel from Michigan, Texas and Florida to bass fish in LaGrange? “This is a narrow lake with a lot of rocks. The fishing is good, and we’re going to have ...

LaGrange Police and the Georgia State Patrol are currently investigating vehicle crash on New Franklin Road that shut down both southbound lanes and sent at least three to the emergency room. The accident occurred Friday morning when a silver Nissan SUV carrying a family from Villa Rica headed to the beach collided with a maroon Chevrolet pickup truck causing the ...