The Pike County Journal-Reporter

Between Monday, Oct. 17, and Monday, Oct. 24, Pike County law enforcement agencies made the following arrests: [Full story »] 

Ms. Donna Faye Moss, age 51, of Williamson, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Spalding Regional Hospital.

Ms. Moss was born in Griffin, GA, on March 20, 1965. She was preceded in death by her father Fulton W. Moss and brother Danny Moss. Ms. Moss was a giving, loving person who wanted everyone to be her buddy. She also enjoyed walking her babies at the Airport Road Park in Griffin. [Full story »] 

The movie Sully, featuring scenes shot at Candler Field Museum in Williamson, is now in movie theaters. The movie was directed by Clint Eastwood who visited Pike and stars Tom Hanks as Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight’s passengers and crew. [Full story »] 

Members of Pike Historic Preservation and a newly formed Old Zebulon School Committee are reaching out to the community to ‘Save the Old Zebulon School,’ a nearly 100-year-old building on Adams Street in Zebulon. A kick off meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Chandler Building and all members of the Pike County community are invited to attend. An account at crowdwise.com/save-the-old-zebulon-school has been set up and all donations made before Dec. 31 will be matched by an anonymous donor up to $50,000. Citizens can also go to Facebook.com/OldZebulonSchool to find out more. [Full story »] 

Between Monday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 16, Pike County law enforcement agencies made the following arrests: [Full story »] 

Local youth will have the opportunity to take their first flights through the Young Eagle program to be hosted by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 268 at Candler Field Museum on Saturday, Oct. 22.
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The Pike County High School Lady Pirates swept Tattnall County in the first round of the state playoffs in a double header last Wednesday. They won 7-3 and 9-0 at home to advance to the Sweet 16 in the AAA classification. [Full story »] 

By Greg Parrott

I‘ve lived in Pike County for more than 22 years and have attended almost every Pirates football game during that span.

I’ve seen great years and not so good years. One thing is for sure about the Pirates players, they never give up and they never give in. [Full story »] 

Early voting started this morning, Monday, Oct. 17 and will be held each business day through Friday, Nov. 4 at the courthouse. Early voting will also be held Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In addition to making a presidential candidate decision, Georgia voters will answer four Amendment questions in the upcoming election, one that would allow more state control of public schools, one that would allow fines for those involved in sex crimes to fund social services for those who are sexually exploited, one that would fundamentally change the Judicial Qualification Commission and one that addresses the sales tax for fireworks. [Full story »]