News Line for LaGrange

Gore to run for former council seat
Dr. Tom Gore, 58, a two-term member of LaGrange City Council from 2002 to 2010, announced his intent to seek election in November 2013 for a return to the council in District 1.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Attorney Mike Smith to vie for mayor’s seat
Attorney Mike Smith on Tuesday announced his intent to run for mayor of LaGrange.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Councilman Jim Thornton to vie for mayor’s seat
Jim Thornton announced Tuesday afternoon that he is running for mayor of LaGrange. He is completing his first term on LaGrange City Council, having been elected in 2009.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Website helps police, public stay ‘connected’
Technology has been increasingly helpful in linking the public and law enforcement to help solve cases. Agencies and citizens nationwide have joined the site Connectedtothecase.com, a site to crack down on crime through submission of pictures and other information, and the LaGrange Police Department has jumped on board.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

DASH to build in Hogansville, West Point
As DASH for LaGrange Inc. wraps up 10 years of housing revitalization in the area, it’s making plans for projects in Hogansville and West Point.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Grantville votes to ink contract with LaGrange
Grantville City Council heard from Patrick Bowie, City of LaGrange Gas Service, and Grantville City Engineer Brennan Jones at its Monday meeting as the pair presented a wholesale gas sales contract, eventually approved by the council with member Rochelle Jabaley opposing.
Source: Newnan Times-Herald

City hears opinions on title loan shops, tables ordinance
LaGrange City Council has tabled an ordinance that would regulate title loan shops in the city after hearing for and against the plan.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

County agencies to ‘tag on’ to LaGrange PD report system
Troup County Commission on Tuesday is expected to approve a deal between the sheriff’s office and LaGrange Police Department that would tie-in the two agencies’ reporting systems.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Housing authority examines budget possibilities for next fiscal year
The threat of sequestered funds has made many government agencies look hard into their budgets for the next fiscal year.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Progress reported on Hamilton Road widening
LaGrange City Council felt comfortable enough with progress on the proposed widening of Hamilton Road to applaud the latest project manager sent down from the Georgia Department of Transportation on Tuesday.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

‘The welcome has been phenomenal’
Craigavon, Northern Ireland, has been LaGrange’s sister city since 1993, but it had been at least six years since anyone from there visited LaGrange.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

City: we can’t win on cemetery issues
LaGrange City Manager Tom Hall says the city can’t win when it comes to maintaining cemeteries. “Whatever we do, someone’s going to get angry,” he said.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Dirt on the move at LaGrange landfill
Trucks, loaders and excavators are working to clear the dirt from two tracts of property the city recently purchased next to the LaGrange landfill off Greenville Road. The dirt will be used at the landfill as cover dirt.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Square will be lit year round
Lafayette Square will remain lit year round after LaGrange City Council decided Tuesday to spend about $12,000 on new lights.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

LaGrange to outsource utility bill ‘stuffing’
The city of LaGrange is changing how it gets utility bills to customers, but the customers themselves should see no changes to the bill, the due date or the amount due.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Retail group presents study results
The longstanding question of whether LaGrange will ever get a Target might be ever-closer to an answer.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

LaGrange looks to increase electric rates
LaGrange City Council will vote Jan. 22 on a proposed electric rate increase that will be the third for residential and commercial customers in three years.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

LaGrange council looks at rezoning requests
LaGrange City Council held two public hearings and a first read for proposed rezonings on Barry Avenue and North Greenwood Street.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

LaGrange decides who will run city elections
LaGrange City Council decided Tuesday to go with the new Troup County Board of Elections to oversee its 2013 municipal elections.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

LaGrange Council, housing authority spar over long term plans
A meeting between LaGrange City Council and the LaGrange Housing Authority turned divisive between the two boards on Monday.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Council will hold hearings on rezoning two properties
LaGrange City Council will hold two public hearings in January for proposed rezonings on Barry Avenue and North Greenwood Street.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Kia suppliers may receive $176 million in bonds to expand
LaGrange Development Authority on Monday approved going forward with agreements to issue more than $176 million in new bonds to two Kia suppliers planning to expand in the wake of similar plans from Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia.
Source: LaGrange Daily News

Legion property could be city’s third TAD
LaGrange City Council will hold a public hearing at 5:15 p.m. Dec. 11 for a proposed tax allocation district (TAD) development on the American Legion golf course property on Hamilton Road.
Source: LaGrange Daily News