Entries by Walter Geiger

We all failed Miss Beulah

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Sunday, May 16. 2010

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Fittingly, she was buried amid weeds, wildflowers and kinfolk in the ramshackle graveyard at Beulah Baptist Church in Pike County.

They lowered her simple casket into the ground next to that of her husband, Ed, who grieved himself to death some years back. [Full story »]

Rapper shot, killed while making video in Griffin

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Walter Geiger

in Crime and Arrests

Saturday, May 15. 2010

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A rapper known as Yung Hott was shot and killed while making a music video in Griffin Saturday.

Four others, including a five-year-old girl, were hit by gunfire. [Full story »]

English, Cornwell caught parking?

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Saturday, May 15. 2010

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The Fayette Citizen is reporting a Fayette County deputy caught disgraced former judge Paschal L. (Pappy) English Jr. of Survivor fame and the public defender with whom is is alleged to have had an improper relationship in a parked car in an subdivision still under development. [Full story »]

AJC terms Griffin circuit 'judiciary run amok'

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 14. 2010

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has posted a story highly critical of former judges Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. and Paschal L. English Jr. on its website. The piece labels the circuit as 'judiciary run amok'. [Full story »]

List of judicial nominees surfaces

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 14. 2010

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Though the nominations period does not end until Monday, May 17, a list of those nominated for the Griffin circuit judicial vacancies created by the forced resignations of Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. and Pascal L. English Jr. has surfaced. [Full story »]

Griffin bank robber arrested

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 14. 2010

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Capt. Tony Ranieri of the Spalding S.O. reported this morning that the man who robbed the United Bank branch at the Griffin Ingles earlier this week has been arrested. [Full story »]

Time off for bad behavior?

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 14. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

Jammie West did what they say he did -- purposely douse his daughter with gasoline and light her on fire -- then it says as much about the state of Georgia as it does him. [Full story »]

Woman shot to death in Thomaston

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Thursday, May 13. 2010

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A Thomaston man who shot and killed his mother in Upson County Wednesday night is employed by the City of Barnesville. [Full story »]

United Bank at Griffin Ingles robbed

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

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The United Bank branch at the Ingles Market located at the intersection of highways 19 & 41 in Griffin was robbed late Tuesday. [Full story »]

Tell us a little about yourself

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

Supreme Court confirmations, even foreordained ones, should not be done lightly or quickly.

So, as inevitable as Elena Kagan's Senate approval seems to be, and as quickly as the president would like to see it finished, it pays to go slowly, deliberately and thoroughly. [Full story »]

JQC director's resignation not tied to ousted judges

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, May 11. 2010

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The resignation of the longtime director of Georgia's Judicial Qualifications Commission is apparently tied to workload not the commission's successful recent demands for the resignations of former Griffin circuit judges Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. and Paschal L. English Jr. [Full story »]

Thoughts to ponder as election season dawns

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Walter Geiger

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Monday, May 10. 2010

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With the end of the qualifying period last week, election season is upon us.

While civil debate on the issues of the day - and there are many - would be welcome, we won’t get much of it. [Full story »]

Pirates roll in game1

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 7. 2010

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The Pike County Pirates rolled to a 13-5 win over Fannin County this afternoon in the first round of the GHSA Class AA baseball playoffs. [Full story »]

Value-added tax spells disaster

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 7. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

One idea, the Fair Tax, is a grass-roots idea that has been building steam for years. The other, a value-added tax, is a European import being talked up by liberal elites as the answer to all our government's problems.

Which idea do you think will get traction in the national media? [Full story »]

Mother of victim in unsolved murder case dies

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, May 7. 2010

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Beulah Ogletree, like her husband, has died without seeing the person or persons responsible for her daughter's killing brought to justice. [Full story »]