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From the words of school superintendent Eric Arena during two open meetings in June, there should be no tax increases for Putnam County residents in regards to the Putnam County Charter School System’s 2021-22 budget.
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A Putnam County man was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after being convicted by a jury on an assortment of child molestation and rape charges.
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A 16-year-old and 19-year-old were killed in a shooting in Eatonton on Father’s Day. Authorities said Jeremiah Dessan Walton, 16, and Roman Felton Rowell, 19, were shot to death around 10 p.m. in Lawson Homes.
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Approximately $16,000 worth of THC was confiscated from a North Carolina driver passing through Eatonton last week, according to authorities. Putnam County Deputy Sheriff Alex Rickey pulled the driver over late Thursday night because the driver reportedly was swerving over the center line of the road.
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Five years ago, Retreat of Broward opened its doors in Pompano Beach, Florida, and through a comprehensive substance abuse detox and in-patient rehab center has helped many people that had nowhere else to turn.
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An Eatonton man was brutally murdered in a neighboring county, and the man accused of killing him was randomly captured later in a neighboring state, according to authorities.
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In what two commissioners said was “a long time coming,” the Putnam County Commission on June 4 approved a traffic light for the intersection of Georgia Highway 44 and Scott Road.
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Sitting at the dais for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut the world down last spring, the Eatonton City Council decided to lift restrictions on the public use of the City Waterworks building. The action came at its June 1 meeting.
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