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2 days ago · Nov. 7, 2024. Latest Special Section. Back the Blue 2024. To view our latest e-Edition of Laurel Leader-Call click the image on the left. Letters to the Editor. Paul Holifield blessed the Soso community. Nov 8, 2024. 0. Editor’s note: It is the policy of the Leader-Call to not allow unsigned letters.
New officers at LPD | Free News | leader-call.com
Oct 9, 2024 · Pay increase paying off for LPD as 5 officers sworn in. Five new Laurel police officers were sworn in to protect and serve the community just days after a raise went into effect that will put their minimum annual salary at $51,002.76. “Slowly but surely, we’re getting back where we need to be,” Chief Tommy Cox said.
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Glenda Blackledge Smith | Obituaries | leader-call.com
Oct 10, 2024 · Glenda was born on July 23, 1941, to the late Loyce and Lamar Blackledge in Laurel. She grew into her teenage years in the Mill Creek Community until her family moved to the Glade Community in 1956. Glenda was preceded in death by her parents Loyce and Lamar Blackledge; her husband Rev. Joe Smith; daughter Sheila Smith Sellers; granddaughter ...
Five arrested for s*x with mentally challenged woman
Oct 4, 2024 · The accusations and information gathered by the LPD led to the arrests of three men on the charge of sexual abuse of a vulnerable person — Randy Jones, 29, Reginald Pollock, 53 and Virgil Tillman, 48. Darrel Ulmer, 50, and Vedra Barnes, 53, were charged with accessory to rape of a vulnerable person. All the suspects reportedly live in the ...
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County to oppose Laurel’s plan to annex part of Calhoun
Oct 9, 2024 · Carmichael was passionate in his plea to the board, citing that “90 percent” of the population has signed a petition opposing the annexation. He also said that “there is nothing (the city) can offer us that we don’t already have.”. Carmichael called the city’s annexation plan “nothing but a tax-grab.”. Beat 2 Supervisor Larry ...
Neighbors and Neros | Columnists | leader-call.com
Oct 11, 2024 · Neighbors and Neros. By Buck Torske. Oct 11, 2024. 0. I’d almost lulled myself into thinking us folks roundabout here were pretty well on the same page about how we see the state of things in our country, but I got smacked in the face just around the bend from my place. I was tooling into town the other morning and had my eyes drawn off to my ...
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Dixie Electric workers prepared to take on Milton aftermath
Oct 9, 2024 · Trucks rolled out early Wednesday morning as 19 of Dixie Electric’s personnel headed to central Florida to be in place to help Peace River Electric Cooperative restore power after Hurricane Milton hits. The linemen were staying the night near Tallahassee to allow the hurricane to pass before making the last leg of the journey to Peace River ...