Barnesville Buzz

07/21/2025

I mean, who doesn’t love ice cream? 🍦 🐝

07/18/2025

Students will return to school on July 31 with new cell phone and dress code policies. 🍎

As the 2025-2026 school year is set to begin soon, Lamar County Schools will be implementing updated policies regarding student cell phone use and dress code across all four schools. Personal Elect…

07/18/2025

You don’t need a new take on Jesus. You need a clearer view. He is the radiance of God’s glory! 💥

On the morning of June 2, as the sun began to rise above the tree line, I was able to catch the sun rising in a way that I rarely see, at least in our neck of the woods with our low, rolling hills.…

07/11/2025

Stop the hustle and hush.
This look into a well-known Bible verse will change the way you see your times of rest.

You and I live in a world that tells us to be on the go, stay busy, and hustle. We often find our value in the chase, filling our schedules to the brim, and wearing exhaustion like a badge of honor…

07/09/2025

Before confronting a game warden with a knife, Dante Smith wrote about the government, God, and his personal struggles.
Could his Facebook posts have been warnings that something was unraveling?
Barnesville Buzz takes an inside look at the downward spiral that ended in tragedy.

On July 8, 2025, Dante Romeoro Smith was shot and killed by a Georgia Department of Natural Resources agent after charging the officer with a drawn knife. For reference, the original story of the o…

07/09/2025

UPDATE: In 2022, Smith was arrested in Heard Co after stabbing his grandfather.

UPDATE: The man has been identified as Dante Romearo Smith (28) of Bowdon, GA
The case is being called “suicide by police.”

A man was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon in a hay field at the corner of Brent Road and U.S. Highway 341 in Lamar County after allegedly threatening a Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DN…

07/04/2025

Happy Birthday to the USA — home of the brave and the free press. Barnesvillebuzz.com

07/01/2025

Chief Belinda Penamon offers a serious reminder: “Once you discharge a firearm, you can’t take it back.” 🔫

The Barnesville Police Department responded to a shooting on Railroad Street on June 29, 2025, at about 9:00 PM, in an incident that left one man injured. Thirty-year-old Quintavious Searcy was sho…

06/27/2025

Sharon Summers Petitt has been found again and is safe.

UPDATE The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reported at 6:00 PM that Sharon Summers Petitt has been found and is safe.Sharon Summers Petitt, who was reported missing earlier this month and late…

06/27/2025

Monroe County Sheriff reports Sharon Summers Petitt as missing.

Sharon Summers Petitt, who was reported missing earlier this month and later declared safe by the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office, has now been reported missing for the second time this month, now by…

06/27/2025

More students than ever had the chance to spend a week exploring and expanding their creative skills, thanks to a generous grant from Lamar Gives 365!

This year’s Youth Art Camp, hosted by Lamar Arts in downtown Barnesville from June 16 to 20, saw a record-breaking 57 campers register, significantly surpassing last year’s total of 39. Though mana…