Soren Wood, 12, of Zebulon, swam a personal best time in the 50 yard breaststroke to finish second in the state at the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association class A state swim meet in Carrollton July 31.
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The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement today released the results of a spring 2009 Criterion Referenced Competency Test erasure analysis aimed at finding schools that have problems with test tampering. Pike County schools were not on the list.
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The annual Pike County Health Fair sponsored by the Pike County Extension and Farm Bureau is set for Friday, Feb. 19. As usual, the annual event will be held at the high school from 7-11 a.m.
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Pike County's unemployment rate fell again in December to 10.7%, allowing it to regain its long held position as best employed county in the 10-county Three Rivers region. Pike's unemployment was down from 11% in November. [Full story »]
Several high profile cases are among those set to be arraigned in Pike County superior court Tuesday, Feb. 9, before Judge Christopher Edwards. [Full story »]
After years of drought, 2009 has ushered in what could be a record-breaking year for rainfall, according to National Weather Service statistics. For the Atlanta area, which includes Pike, the NWS notes 60.33 inches of rain so far this year, breaking 13-year records going back to 1996 and clocking in at 132% above normal for the year. Metro Atlanta saw major flooding in September.
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While the numbers are in double digits, joblessness in Pike seems to be stabilizing. Pike's unemployment was 11.9% in October, up from 11.6% in September.
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Longtime Griffin Judicial Circuit Judge Ben Joseph Miller Sr., 73, of Thomaston, succumbed Friday morning at Upson Regional Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Thomaston First Presbyterian Church.
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All four of Pike County’s schools have made Adequate Yearly Progress under Georgia’s preliminary release of those that have met or not met goals mandated by the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
They are among the top 20% of school systems in Georgia – one of only 46 – in which every school made AYP. [Full story »]
Pike County’s jobless rate remained in double digits for the second month in a row. Unemployment was 10.3% in May, up from an original rate of 10% in April, a number revised downward this month to 9.8%
In May, the work force numbered 7,959 people with 7,138 working and 821 looking for jobs. In April, the numbers were 7,970 total people, 7,186 working and 784 seeking jobs. [Full story »]
Griffin Judicial Circuit Judge Christopher C. Edwards has been nominated for the vacancy on the Georgia Supreme Court created by the resignation of Justice Leah Sears.
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Pike County’s jobless rate hit double digits for the first time in April, but it still has the lowest unemployment in the McIntosh Trail region. April’s joblessness was 10%.
The work force numbered 7,990 people with 7,194 working and 796 looking for jobs. In March, the numbers were 7,945 total people, 7,211 working and 734 seeking jobs.
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