A: Front | Troup County News (2024)

The midpoint has come for the Summer Concert Series here at the Sweetland Amphitheater with a powerful and moving Country music performance. Coming off the heels of a highly successful first two concerts of the Beach Boys and Kool and the Gang, the pop vibes took a back seat this past Friday night, June 9th, to some classic country ...

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Logan Lanier has had a record breaking four years at LaGrange College and his senior year topped it all as he has been recently named the top player nationally for Division III golf. Logan played his last round of college golf this past weekend at Scioto Country Club, which is the same course that Jack Nicklaus honed his skills in ...

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We are proud to report that our hometown newspaper – Troup County News – won 9 of the 16 awards given out this year for Division III newspapers by the Georgia Sports Writers Association. Congratulations to Chris Fernsler, sports editor for Troup County News, who was the writer for all of the articles selected for awards. This included the top ...

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A Jonesboro man was killed as a result of a three car crash Monday evening on Interstate 85 near the Whitesville Road Exit. Crash Investigators from the Georgia State Patrol say that it appears as of a the driver of a northbound Dodge Ram pickup truck lost control of his vehicle due to a rain storm and collided with a ...

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LaGrange Police have nabbed one suspect and are looking for two more in an apparent early morning armed robbery at a local ATM. Wednesday morning about 4 a.m., officers with the La-Grange Police Department responded to the Bank of America on Main Street in reference to an Armed Robbery at an outside ATM. Police arrived and spoke to the ...

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This past Tuesday morning, June 6th the Troup County Board of Commissioners had a very busy time. Their regular meeting that morning would see not only the adoption of the budget, but many other actions that were voted upon and taken into consideration. After the prayer from Reverend J.R. Ware from Welcome Baptist Church and the Pledge of Allegiance, ...

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The West Point divisional tournament for the American Fishing Tour was held this past weekend with anglers competing for a spot in the National Championship. The tour started in September of this past year for West Point and there were nine qualifying events hosted for the year at the West Point Marina. For an angler to qualify for this past ...

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LaGrange Police have arrested three suspected gang members after they allegedly mugged a local man near the Cherry Valley Trailer Park. The incident went down Monday morning about 11 a.m., when officers with the LaGrange Police Department responded to the area of Horace King Street upon reports of Armed Robbery. Police made contact with the male victim, who advised that ...

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The view of the lawn was picturesque as a crowd gathered Friday evening beneath a beautifully painted sky to relax and enjoy time with friends and families at “Sunsets at Sweetland,” an event provided at no cost by Sweetland Amphitheater and their sponsors. The themed event was evident as you walked through the doors and saw the many children running ...

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All across the world right now,the great men and women of the United State military are defending our freedoms. However, military life eventually ends for those men and women who return home to become ordinary citizens again and that transition can be a tough one. For the fourth year in a row, an event has been held to help these ...

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