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BOE hears budget overview; first week updates

Bailey McCully
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
The Putnam County Board of Education met Tuesday to hear a presentation on the 2025 budget and hear updates on each school’s first week.Superintendent Derick Austin gave a short slideshow presentation about the budget sent to the state for approval.
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Passionate plea made for support of hospital

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Past county commission chair and current Putnam County Hospital Authority board member Tom Thompson addressed the Putnam County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 2 with an impassioned plea for more county funding for Putnam General Hospital.
Keith Fielder shows an armyworm larva he picked up in his yard. (CONTRIBUTED)

Keith Fielder shows an armyworm larva he picked up in his yard. (CONTRIBUTED)

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Armyworms invade local home lawns, gardens, crops

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Armies are now invading Putnam County and the rest of Georgia. Specifically, armies of destructive caterpillars called fall armyworms. The armyworms eat up an entire home lawn or farm hay pasture, forage, or row crops in no time flat.
GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

GWM’s Melissa Swindell (left) moderated a talk on banned books with Wanda S. Lloyd, Rev. Dr. Avis Williams, and Michael Thurmond. (CONTRIBUTED)

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GWM exhibits at Black Writers Weekend

News Staff
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Georgia Writers Museum participated in Black Writers Weekend, a meeting held Aug. 1-3 in Austell that brought hundreds of writers from all over the U.S.
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City Council approves temporary road closures

Ian Tocher
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Eatonton City Council held its first of two regularly scheduled monthly meetings on Aug. 6. It opened with a presentation by Lyn Romine, chairperson of the council-appointed Eatonton Historic Preservation Commission.
Former Putnam County student athlete Rhi’Miair Johnson recently passed away in a tragic car accident. (CONTRIBUTED)

Former Putnam County student athlete Rhi’Miair Johnson recently passed away in a tragic car accident. (CONTRIBUTED)

Former PCHS student-athlete killed in wreck

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
A young Eatonton man lost his life Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash.Rhi’Miair Johnson, 18, of Sunnyland Drive, Eatonton, died instantly in the collision, said Putnam County Coroner Hollis Harrison.Around 10:40 a.m.
Joe Thompson recently retired after 50 years of service in Putnam County. (LYNN HOBBS/Staff)

Joe Thompson recently retired after 50 years of service in Putnam County. (LYNN HOBBS/Staff)

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Thompson retires after 50 years of service

Lynn Hobbs
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
It’s hard to imagine what an emergency rescuer has seen and done over a half-century of service. Joe Thompson was a member of the Eatonton—Putnam County volunteer rescue service, which started in June 1974. He retired this June after serving a full 50 years.
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Young man dies in Sunday morning wreck

Lynn Hobbs
Monday, August 12, 2024
An Eatonton young man lost his life Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash.Rhi’Miair Johnson, 18, of Sunnyland Drive, Eatonton, died instantly in the wreck that happened on  Gray Highway around 10:40 a.m., said Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills.
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One dies, one survives single-vehicle crash

Lynn Hobbs
Thursday, August 8, 2024
A 67-year-old Dudley man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Pea Ridge Road Monday.Willie Frank Bacon died when the 2020 Ford F150 pickup he was driving went off the road and struck a tree, authorities say.Bacon and his 75-year-old wife, Charlotte, had just turned off of U.S. Hwy.
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