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Pirates head coach has two National Championship rings

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Tuesday, January 9. 2018

As die-hard Dawgs fans cheered on the University of Georgia in the National Championship, the Pirates’ head football coach has two National Championship rings of his own that he earned as a coach at the University of Miami. [Full story »]

Headstone placed 34 years after murder

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Rachel McDaniel

in Top Stories

Tuesday, January 9. 2018

More than 30 years after he was brutally murdered, a headstone was recently placed at the Pike County burial site of Timothy Wayne Coggins. Family and friends held a memorial service at Fuller’s Chapel United Methodist Church and then unveiled the new headstone in Zebulon Saturday, Dec. 30. [Full story »]

Public Notices 01-10-18

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Tuesday, January 9. 2018

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Barbara Dayhuff

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Rachel McDaniel

in Death Notices

Tuesday, January 9. 2018

Mrs. Barbara Angeline Slade Cribb Dayhuff, age 79, of Griffin, passed away January 8, 2018, at Brightmoor Hospice. She was born in Meansville, daughter of the late Charles Gordon Slade and Martha Elizabeth Crawford Slade. She attended Young Harris College and was a member of Life Springs United Methodist Church in Meansville. [Full story »]

Robert Allen Strock Sr.

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Rachel McDaniel

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Monday, January 8. 2018

Mr. Robert “Rob” Allen Strock, Sr., age 76, of concord, passed away January 7, 2018, at Brightmoor Hospice. He was born in Blossburg, PA, son of the late Kenneth Jesse Strock and Evelyn Sweeney Strock. He was a good-hearted man who was always willing to help other. He was a hard worker and enjoyed fishing and hunting. [Full story »]

Christi Ivester

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Rachel McDaniel

in Death Notices

Monday, January 8. 2018

Ms. Christi McNeely Ivester, age 67, of McDonough, passed away January 7, 2018. Christi was a real estate agent for many years. She was a caregiver and always enjoyed taking care of others. [Full story »]

John Thomas Petty, Sr.

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Rachel McDaniel

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Monday, January 8. 2018

Mr. John Thomas Petty, Sr., age 78, of Zebulon, passed away January 8, 2018. He was born in Spartanburg, SC, son of the late Albert Mayfield Petty and Annie Izora Fisher Petty. He worked for Eastern Airlines for 32 years before retiring. Mr. Petty was a member of Oak Hill Baptist Church in Griffin and enjoyed playing his guitar. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. [Full story »]

Tommie Ruth (Payne) Fowler

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Rachel McDaniel

in Death Notices

Monday, January 8. 2018

Mrs. Tommie Ruth (Payne) Fowler passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Della Elizabeth Mulkey and son-in-law, Danny Mulkey on December 18, 2017 at the age of 102 years and 7 months. [Full story »]

New Year's baby!

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Rachel McDaniel

in Top Stories

Thursday, January 4. 2018

Help us feature the first baby born to Pike County parents in 2018. Call 770-567-3446 or email news@pike countygeorgia.com. [Full story »]

Porter Duman, 5, helps children at hospital

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Rachel McDaniel

in Headlines

Thursday, January 4. 2018

Five-year-old Porter Duman suffers from an illness most children will never even know about, much less understand. He goes twice a month for infusions at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and recently he came up with a plan to help other children at the hospital and his mother and others helped him put that plan into action. [Full story »]

Harold E. Turner Sr.

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Rachel McDaniel

in Death Notices

Tuesday, January 2. 2018

Mr. Harold Eugene Turner Sr., age 85, of Milner, passed away January 1, 2018, at Brightmoor Hospice. He was born in Ballground, GA, son of the late Lawrence Turner and Hazel Hobson Lyons. He was a truck driver for 42 years. He worked for several trucking companies including A & P and Gold Star before retiring. He was a long-time member of Nazareth Baptist Church in Zebulon where he served as Deacon. Mr. Turner was currently a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Milner, where he sang in the choir. He enjoyed the outdoors and being on his tractor. [Full story »]

Another year flies by for Youth Aviation Program

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Rachel McDaniel

in Opinions

Tuesday, January 2. 2018

By Jim Hoak

Let’s start with looking back a few years - four years to be exact. The Candler Field Museum Youth Aviation Program dis-assembled that first Piper J-3 Cub on Dec. 4, 2013. Fortunately, a lot of progress has been accomplished since that simple beginning. We’ve reported the number of students who have attained their private pilot certification (five thus far) and other steps that have brought us to where we are now. Our goal has always been to introduce local high school aged students to the possibilities of a career in aviation. I think Ron Alexander would be pleased with our progress thus far. [Full story »]

Arrest report

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Rachel McDaniel

in Crime and Arrests

Tuesday, January 2. 2018

Between Dec. 12, and Dec. 25, local law enforcement agencies made the following arrests: [Full story »]

Report released on ambulance wreck

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Rachel McDaniel

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Tuesday, January 2. 2018

Martha Louise Cochran of Meansville, passed away around 48 hours after the ambulance she was in wrecked during transit to the hospital. She had difficulty breathing due to congestion when the ambulance was called. [Full story »]

VA clinic proposals sought in Pike

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Rachel McDaniel

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Tuesday, January 2. 2018

It was announced last year that a multi-million dollar Out Patient Veterans Affairs facility will be opened in Pike County and now the Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking expressions of interest from those who can enter into an agreement with the VA for a rental or lease term of up to 20 years. [Full story »]