LOVEJOY – The city of Lovejoy is reportedly interested in annexing a little over 250 acres of land into Henry County, which would make it the county’s fifth city.
However, Henry County and its Board of Commissioners expressed a formal objection to that annexation at its meeting Tuesday evening.
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