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Newsflash: Chickens die so nuggets can live on

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Wednesday, April 16. 2014

One would think the loonies would have learned by now not to take on Chic-fil-A. [Full story »]

Coco's Cupboard serves Pike

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Wednesday, March 26. 2014

By Suzanne Aaron

It was brought to my attention that some folks in Pike County are afraid we aren’t serving this community any longer. I was shocked to hear this and at first offended. Then I realized we should just do a better job letting everyone know what we’re up to. [Full story »]

Litter is all over Pike, needs to be cleaned

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Wednesday, March 19. 2014

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By Beverly Dean Walter

I’m writing to express my concern about the litter along Pike County’s roadways and how litter has a detrimental effect on tourism and economic development. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Enjoy the party but remember St. Patrick’s message

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Monday, March 17. 2014

For those of us who are native to Savannah, St. Patrick’s Day is special. It was always a school holiday, no questions asked. We never had a snow day but, if we had, there would have been no making it up on March 17. [Full story »]

Go west, young man or woman

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Saturday, March 15. 2014

Remember when Uncle Jed struck oil while shootin’ at some food? He hit it rich, moved west to Beverly Hills and life around the cement pond was never the same with Ellie Mae’s critters and all. Now, the oil boom migration is northwest to North Dakota thanks to the Bakken and Three Forks shale formations. [Full story »]

Yesterday's Footsteps: Uneven playing field

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Wednesday, March 12. 2014

By Greg Parrott

Our Pike County Lady Pirates basketball team made history last week as they made it to the Final 4 for the first time in school history. They made our community proud and we celebrate their accomplishments. [Full story »]

Lifsey Springs News: Melt needed

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Monday, March 3. 2014

By Rosalee King

I see we still have winter. At 6 a.m. at my place it was 23 degrees on Feb. 28. I sure didn’t want to get up. Then I think of the school children, the parents, bus drivers and teachers and all these who have to drive to work. [Full story »]

Epic fail at the Social Security Administration

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Thursday, February 27. 2014

By Walter Geiger

You’ve all been there.

You’ve seen the person in front of you in the grocery checkout line with a vast array of expensive items pay for them with an EBT card or voucher or both but have plenty of cash to spend on beer and cigarettes before walking out to a car nicer than yours. [Full story »]

Yesterday's Footsteps: Bleeding Pike red

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Wednesday, February 26. 2014

By Greg Parrott

When my family moved here in 1994 from Griffin we became Pirate fans. We attended baseball, football, basketball, softball and soccer games. I sat in the stands at football games when there were less than 150 people cheering on the Pirates football team. It was sad. [Full story »]

Failure to execute

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Monday, February 24. 2014

The Augusta Chronicle

The 3,000 U.S. prisoners on death row used many methods to kill, torture or maim their victims.

Yet when their day of reckoning comes, final justice likely will come in the same form it has for the past 30 years – a needle prick followed by a sedation from which they will not wake. [Full story »]

World class soccer and a trip down memory lane

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Wednesday, February 19. 2014

By Walter Geiger

A trip to the Georgia Dome last week took me back in time and dredged up memories now nearly 50 years old. [Full story »]

Yesterday's Footsteps: Paris in Pike

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Monday, February 10. 2014

By Greg Parrott

In just its third year, the Paris in Pike fashion show for special needs children packed Christ Chapel Church with enthusiastic patrons. It’s an event that leaves you wanting more of these beautiful children. [Full story »]

Will melting snow wash away political ambitions?

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Monday, February 3. 2014

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By Walter Geiger

I left our office at about 10 p.m. last Tuesday after a late night making sure newspapers got delivered and posting road closures, updates and other pertinent information on pikecountygeorgia.com which saw peak traffic as the storm ebbed and, mercifully, ended. It left behind mostly ice but some snow which the young and young at heart enjoyed immensely until it melted. [Full story »]

Will Sochi Olympics be another Munich?

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Thursday, January 30. 2014

By Walter Geiger

I remember well the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. I was preparing to make the move from the metropolis of Ailey, Ga. for my freshman year at UGA.
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Yesterday's Footsteps: Reckless youth need discipline

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Monday, January 27. 2014

By Greg Parrott

Every day I see where a celebrity youth is in some kind of trouble with the law. They think they’re above the law and go out in public and show their immaturity. [Full story »]