Entries by Walter Geiger

Washout:
Relay for Life rained out, rescheduled for June 22.

"I don't want to be their next meal':
Workshop offer sup various ideas regarding animal control.

Grads march:
Graduation ceremonies at Pike County High School set for 8 p.m. Friday.

Future pilot:
Caleb Teachout's scholarship, speed earn free ride at Coast Guard Academy.

No carts:
Zebulon won't allow golf carts on city streets.

Relay for Life:
Annual American Cancer Society fundraiser is set for Saturday, May 18.

Revolving door:
The personnel carousel that is Pike County government spits out another as fire chief quits.

New again:
Grand reopening of Pike County auditorium set for Friday, May 17.

Under the sea:
PCMS students learn marine biology at Seacamp.

Antique autos:
Horseless Carriage Club will roll into Williamson Saturday, May 18.

The Pike County Pirates swept a doubleheader with #7 Appling County Wednesday 4-1 and 6-3. They advance to the Elite 8 and will play either North Oconee or St. Pius in the next round.

By Walter Geiger

Colonel Pickering constantly schooled Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady with Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner’s lyric, ‘The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain’.

It is the hook that holds the musical and later movie adaptation together. [Full story »] 

Mauled:
Dog pack attacks, kills miniature stallion in Williamson.

Animals out of control:
Horse killing likely topic at county's May 14 animal control workshop.

Close call:
Commission will open meeting with prayer after narrow, 3-2 nod to God.

County loses again:
State supreme court rules county officials cannot control magistrate judge, court.

On display:
Pike's got Talent on tap Friday at Pike County Middle School.

Human bones that were found Monday near an area homeless shelter have been identified.

Sheriff Wendell Beam Reports:

On April 29 after the recovery of human bones that were found near the Highland Mill Bridge in Griffin, investigators had been working with the Georgia State Crime Lab and the Coroner’s Office to identify the remains. [Full story »] 

Grand champions:
Smokey Butts cook team of Meansville tops at Barnesville BBQ & Blues.

Saved by seconds:
Pike teacher, husband narrowly avoid tragedy at Boston Marathon.

Meth proved deadly:
Randall Wayne Smith died of methamphetamine toxicity as he left Pike jail.

Bull bash:
Popular event is this weekend at Chestnut Oak.

On the alert:
Schools to add security access points.

By Walter Geiger

In just its ninth year, the Barnesville BBQ & Blues Festival has grown into one of the premiere events of its type in the southeast and nationally.

Approximately 50 cook teams will be in town this week. Their campers and smokers will start rolling in on Thursday night and, by Friday morning, the air will be filled with the aroma of pork, chicken and brisket prepared as it was intended. [Full story »] 

Griffin Choral Arts will present 'Inspired by Africa' May 2 at Gordon State College.

Griffin police have issued a composite drawing of a suspect in an April 6 murder that occurred on Crescent Drive.

UPDATE: A total of $7000 in reward money, $2000 from Crime Stoppers and $5000 from an anonymous group, has been offered for information in this case. [Full story »] 

Here we go again:
Pike commission hard to work for; fires another county manager.

Murder trial:
Trials of Chiquita Snipes, Kenisha Neal underway in Pike superior court.

BBQ Pitmasters:
Film crew will visit Oink Joint as part of Barnesville episode.

Hometown hero:
Caleb Manley of Zebulon honored at Braves game.

Rebuilding project:
Members of damaged Fairfield CEM Church in Concord need help.

If you work, you have reason to celebrate this week.

On average, Georgians who work have earned enough money to pay off their share of the tax burden at the federal, state and local levels as of April 9. So, we celebrate Tax Freedom Day. [Full story »] 

Georgia’s food industry will soon benefit from an expanded capacity with the announcement today by the University System of Georgia to build and develop a new $5.5 million facility for the Food Product Innovation and Commercialization (FoodPIC) Center scientists in Griffin, Ga. to work with industry to create and develop new products and processes.

The 10,500 square foot research and development facility was funded by a combination of state funds ($3.5 million), UGA ($1 million) and the Griffin-Spalding County Development Authority ($1 million). The FoodPIC Center is part of the University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, with its long-standing focus on agricultural research and product development. [Full story »]