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See Fame Jr. March 30, 31 and April 2

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Thursday, March 30. 2017

Lines and lyrics are learned, dances are choreographed and the music, sound, and lights are ready. The Pike County Elementary School Acting Club will present the musical FAME, Jr. Thursday and Friday, March 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. and April 2 at 3 p.m. at the Pike Auditorium. [Full story »]

Mt. Gap to host 5K and Fun Run Saturday, April 1

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Wednesday, March 29. 2017

Get healthy and help a good cause at the same time. Mt. Gap Campground, a nonprofit that hosts summer camps for youth, invites people of all ages to join them for their 5K and Fun Run on April 1 at CrossPointe Christian Academy in Williamson. Proceeds from the event will help fund renovations and summer camps at Mt. Gap Campground which will reach out to kids all over the state of Georgia. [Full story »]

Hendrix family loses home to fire

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Tuesday, March 28. 2017

The Hendrix family lost their home to a fire in the early hours of Saturday, March 25 on Buchanan Road in north Pike County near the Spalding County line. Steve and Faith Hendrix have four children and are active in the local soccer community. They lost everything in the fire and Steve was burned in the process of getting his family out of the home. [Full story »]

Clean up day at the Old Zebulon School

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Friday, March 24. 2017

Members of the community gathered the morning of March 11 to clean up the Old Zebulon School building and grounds. In addition to cutting encroaching shrubs and overgrown trees, they pulled down vines that had climbed up and across most of the building’s exterior. [Full story »]

Bookmark contest deadline is Thursday, March 23

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Monday, March 20. 2017

In celebration of National Library Week, April 9-15, the J. Joel Edwards Public Library in Zebulon recently announced a bookmark contest. Children in kindergarten through eighth grade are encouraged to design a bookmark to illustrate the summer reading theme: Libraries Build a Better Future.

All entries must be submitted on the form provided by the library. [Full story »]

County approves sheriff’s office training facility

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Wednesday, March 15. 2017

Commissioners approved a request at their Wednesday, March 8 meeting for the sheriff’s office to build a multi-use training and storage facility. Funding for the facility would come from impact fees with $40,000 used from the jail fund’s impact fees and $85,000 from other impact fees. [Full story »]

County approves solar farm project

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Tuesday, March 14. 2017

Pike County commissioners approved a solar farm request from Madden Solar Center LLC at their Wednesday, March 8 meeting by a 4-1 vote with commissioner James Jenkins in opposition. [Full story »]

Tour de Pike to celebrate 20 years in honor of Don Collins

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Friday, March 10. 2017

Tour de Pike will celebrate 20 years in 2017. The 20th annual Tour de Pike will honor the memory of a local Kiwanis Club member who was a dedicated supporter of the ride and other local outreach programs - Don Collins. He started the event and planned it for 18 years before he passed away in 2015. [Full story »]

Local girl tames, trains wild mustang

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Tuesday, March 7. 2017

While many may dream about wild mustangs and fantasize about making friends with one, that dream has become reality for Meansville’s Natalie Smith, 13. [Full story »]

November E-SPLOST discussed

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Thursday, March 2. 2017

It was announced that a new E-SPLOST will be on the November ballot and a new financial director was welcomed to the school system at the Feb. 14 meeting of the board of education. [Full story »]

County offices trading spaces

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Tuesday, February 28. 2017

Several county offices are in the process of moving in efforts to have all judicial services located together in the courthouse. [Full story »]

Support Tyler March 1 at courthouse

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Thursday, February 23. 2017

Tyler Landry has been released from day rehab and will return to school Feb. 27. Everyone who has supported him during the weeks since a life-threatening four-wheeler accident is invited to the courthouse square at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 1 to see how he is doing.

“We just want to show Tyler how everyone is still supporting him and how proud we are of how far he’s come,” said his mother Misty Landry. [Full story »]

Local STARs honored

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Tuesday, February 21. 2017

The Student Teacher Achievement Recognition (STAR) program is sponsored by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation to honor top students and teachers in each county every year. To earn the STAR student status, high school seniors must have the highest score on the three-part SAT and be in the top 10 percent of their class based on grade point average. [Full story »]

Books needed for classroom libraries

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Thursday, February 16. 2017

Pike County high, middle and elementary school libraries are hosting a community book drive through March 10 and need donations of gently used books for classroom libraries. [Full story »]

County discusses audit, solar farm

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Tuesday, February 14. 2017

Members of the Pike County board of commissioners heard that the county had a clean opinion for the fiscal year ending June 30 and they briefly discussed an application for a solar farm in Molena that still has to go before the Environmental Review Board and the Board of Appeals before it is considered for approval by commissioners on Feb. 28. [Full story »]