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Updated: District Attorney's Corner: 'My fault'

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Monday, December 2. 2013

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By Scott Ballard

I was watching a football game. There’s nothing newsworthy about that. I watch football games almost non-stop every fall weekend. However, something happened I hadn’t seen in a while. [Full story »]

Support animal control in Pike

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Tuesday, November 26. 2013

By Dr. Christi Ware and Charles Ware Jr. of Pike County Mobile Pet Care

Pike doesn’t have a facility in which to house ill or injured pets or pets who may need hospitalization due to surgical complications. [Full story »]

An alternative view of the alternative school

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Wednesday, November 20. 2013

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By DeAnna Crawford

I’m writing this article to bring attention to and possibly clarify misconceptions and stigma associated with a program I’ve recently become passionate about. My hope is to shine light in an otherwise dimly lit area of interest. [Full story »]

Soldiers are my hero

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Wednesday, November 13. 2013

I wrote the following poem based on a husband and wife I knew who were in the Air Force. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Deep in the woods, the world looks different

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Wednesday, October 30. 2013

There is nothing quite like watching the world wake up while sitting high atop a deer stand located deep in the woods. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Knee injuries are no longer catastrophic

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Wednesday, October 23. 2013

By Walter Geiger

I spent much of a sleepless Sunday night researching knee injuries. This came about as a result of watching our youngest, Livia Lanier, go down in a heap on the soccer field Sunday afternoon. [Full story »]

Geiger's Counter: Shutdown doesn't impact those who caused it

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Wednesday, October 16. 2013

If you ask our fat cat ‘voices’ in Washington who is at fault for the government shutdown all you will get is partisan finger pointing. [Full story »]

Geiger's Counter: Mid-season look at football prospects

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Wednesday, October 9. 2013

With the first weekend of October football in the books and the Atlanta Braves well on their way to another early dismissal from the playoffs, it is a good time to take a look at local football programs, their performance thus far and the potential for the rest of the season. [Full story »]

Geiger's Counter: Other opinions are not always bad

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Thursday, October 3. 2013

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has clawed its way back to relevancy. [Full story »]

Alzheimer’s Disease: Perspective 20 years later

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Wednesday, September 25. 2013

By Jayne Midura

I know there are many horrible diseases out there that wreak their own versions of havoc. For me, Alzheimer’s Disease is the one because it robbed me of my mother. [Full story »]

Geiger's Counter: A great night under the lights

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Wednesday, September 18. 2013

Everything that is right about high school football was on display Friday night at Pirate Field in Zebulon when the Pike Pirates played host to the Lamar County Trojans. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Grandaddy hated webworms

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Wednesday, September 11. 2013

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The webworms are out in force. They must like rainfall because they are easily spotted now but have not been prevalent for the past few years of drought. [Full story »]

Geiger's Counter: It's time for football

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Wednesday, August 28. 2013

A cool breeze wafted across the soccer complex in Conyers Sunday afternoon, sending one woman seated in the shade to her car for a blanket. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Toasts, tributes, white ashes, black water

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Wednesday, August 21. 2013

Courtesy of Shep Marsh, a group of us spent the weekend at the Satilla River Club which sits hard by the black water from which its name is derived near Waynesville in extreme southeast Georgia. [Full story »]