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Parks is man of the year

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Sunday, April 5. 2009

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Eddie Parks was named Man of the Year at the United Men of Pike for Progress 14th anniversary banquet Saturday night, March 28. [Full story »]

Mud bogger is fined $300

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Tamra Jarrett

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Saturday, April 4. 2009

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Mud bogging entrepreneur Ron Snowden had his day in court Wednesday, March 25. He was ordered by visiting Spalding County magistrate judge Rita Cavenaugh to pay $300 in fines. [Full story »]

United States Census 2010: Huge growth reflected in Pike

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Sherri Ellington

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Friday, April 3. 2009

With the 2010 Census coming up, the U.S. Census Bureau has released its annual estimates of population as of July 2008. The figures indicate Pike County saw a huge growth over the past eight years after the 2000 Census was adjusted. [Full story »]

Smoke on the Water at Bickley's Lake this weekend

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Walter Geiger

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Thursday, April 2. 2009

If you can't quite wait for BBQ & Blues in Barnesville April 24-25, you can warm up for it this weekend at the Smoke on the Water BBQ & Bluegrass Festival at Bickley's lake in Upson County. [Full story »]

PLANTASIA !

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Tamra Jarrett

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Thursday, April 2. 2009

Growers are gearing up for the 2009 Market on the Square which opens April 11. [Full story »]

What is the best April Fool's Day joke...

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, April 1. 2009

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you ever played on someone or that was played on you? [Full story »]

Jackson man arrested for string of Pike burglaries

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Tamra Jarrett

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Wednesday, April 1. 2009

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A 31-year-old Jackson man is in the Pike County jail awaiting a bond hearing after being charged with burglary. Pike sheriff Jimmy Thomas identified the man as Jackie Martin. He has been charged with one burglary and is a suspect in two more. [Full story »]