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how was the first day of school...

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Pikes Peak
Monday, August 3. 2009
Comments (8)
for your kid(s) today? [Full story »] 

highlights from the 1st 500 pages of health care bill....

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Pikes Peak
Monday, August 3. 2009
Comments (6)
(submitted by mark stone and several other readers....)

Contact your Representatives and let them know how you feel about this. We, as a country, cannot afford another 1000 page bill to go through congress without being read. Another 500 pages to go. I have highlighted a few of the items that are downright unconstitutional. [Full story »] 

Teresa Burousas arrested for murder

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Crime and Arrests
Friday, July 31. 2009
Comments (117)
Teresa Burousas has been arrested in connection with the murder of her husband.

Burousas, 46, was arrested July 31. She is charged with felony murder, malice murder and aggravated assault. [Full story »] 

atlanta: high and dry

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Pikes Peak
Monday, July 27. 2009
Comment (1)
(from the savannah morning news)

A U.S. district court ruling that Atlanta has no right to pull drinking water from Lake Lanier should serve as a wake-up call to state leaders concerned with economic development.

Peach State officials should respond with a three-pronged effort: Promoting other Georgia cities as potential sites for new and growing businesses; requiring stricter water conservation standards in new construction in metro Atlanta; and improving Georgia's water resource infrastructure. [Full story »] 

Stimulus funds find their way to Pike

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Friday, July 24. 2009
Comments (8)
Governor Sonny Perdue has certified $2 million is stimulus funds to revamp a poorly designed intersection in Pike County.

The funds are the first authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to find their way to the area. [Full story »] 

nichols defense cost $2.9 million and rising

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Pikes Peak
Tuesday, July 21. 2009
Comments (7)
sickening. absolutely sickening report from ajc....

It cost almost $3 million in public money -- at least -- to defend courthouse murderer Brian Nichols, according to records released Tuesday. [Full story »] 

Weis murder trial delayed

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Monday, July 20. 2009
Comments (11)
Accused murderer Jamie Weis was scheduled to go to trial next month but his date with a Pike County jury has been postponed until October. [Full story »] 

Molena health facility sold to employees

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Saturday, July 18. 2009
Comment (1)
Molena Health and Rehab is now owned by its employees. [Full story »] 

Attendance=0 at Concord budget hearing

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Friday, July 17. 2009
Concord held a public bearing at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 9, to address any concerns about the new 2009-10 city budget. Mayor pro-tern Jean Ralston and city clerk Carolyn Oxford attended. [Full story »] 

shifty powers

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Pikes Peak
Thursday, July 16. 2009
Comments (6)
(submitted by kent kingsley and several others)

We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.

I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers. [Full story »] 

Williamson addresses water system leak

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Thursday, July 16. 2009
Comments (3)
Williamson city council approved at its July 9 meeting an expenditure of a little over $9,000 to improve the water system in addition to the Williamson Drive upgrade. [Full story »] 

Health dept. has new billing options

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Wednesday, July 15. 2009
Comments (2)
The Pike County Health Department can bill United Healthcare and Cigna for vaccines on state health benefit plans only. [Full story »] 

Last full measure of devotion

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Opinions
Wednesday, July 15. 2009
Comments (3)
They never knew what hit them, and I’m still not sure if that’s good or bad. They didn’t know they were about to die, didn’t know that morning would be their last here on earth, didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to anyone, goodbye to family, goodbye to friends. [Full story »] 

Sotomayor's activism, unalloyed bias, clear in her rulings

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Opinions
Tuesday, July 14. 2009
Comments (4)
The Augusta Chronicle

They're doing the same thing to Sonia Sotomayor that they did for Barack Obama: packaging each of them in centrist, moderate gift wrapping when the truth is something different altogether.

Even the Washington Post, not exactly a bulwark of conservatism, had to admit it after poring over her judicial reco [Full story »] 

Meansville says 'no thanks' to county fire dept.

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Tuesday, July 14. 2009
Comments (11)
Meansville firefighters will not unite with a newly created county fire district. [Full story »] 
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