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Should Troy Davis ride the needle?

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Monday, September 19. 2011

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Troy Davis has been on death row since 1991 for the shooting death of an off-duty Savannah police officer. His attempts to avoid Georgia's lethal injection gurney have failed at every legal turn. [Full story »]

Remembering Sept. 11

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Wednesday, September 7. 2011

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By Denise Coffey, Pike County band vice president

I remember this day just like it was yesterday. I was at work and it came over the announcement speaker about what had just happened. Our boss wanted us to say a prayer for all the families. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: The best weekend of the year

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Wednesday, August 31. 2011

It is time for Labor Day weekend, the best weekend of the year in my estimation because it combines the opening of dove season and the college football season. All over the South, hunters will be perched on dove stools in the field listening to their favorite team on the radio. [Full story »]

Is your family safe?

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Friday, August 26. 2011

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Is your family safe from approaching Hurricane Irene or do your loved ones live in the massive storm's path? [Full story »]

Yesterday’s Footsteps

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Sunday, August 21. 2011

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BY GREG PARROTT

The year was 1957. Big city life was what she’d dreamed of since she was a child. She was 18 when she moved from Talbot County to Hapeville. Her name was Barbara Ann and she set her sights on becoming a flight attendant with Delta Airlines.

While training for the flight attendant job she met a handsome young flight instructor with Delta named Tom. They found love quickly and spent a lot of time with each other.

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Geiger's Counter: A long lost friend

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Wednesday, August 17. 2011

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I was knee deep in a patch of browntop millet wondering if it would mature in time for dove season when I got a startling but pleasant surprise. [Full story »]

Nero in the White House

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Monday, August 15. 2011

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By Mychal Massie

Three significant historical events have been eclipsed by Obama: 1) Jimmy Carter will no longer be looked upon as the worst president in American history; 2) Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton will no longer be recognized as the greatest liars in presidential history; 3) Clinton's stain on Monica's dress, and what that did to the White House in general and the office of the president specifically, will forever pale in comparison to the stain and stench of Obama. [Full story »]

It's time to walk the walk

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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

A visit with my daughter Beth is always enough to make me start thinking about things I may not want to face – she has a knack for being able to “call BS” on people and she’ll tell off just about anybody who is acting stupid. [Full story »]

Economic skid: Stop rope-a-doping

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Monday, August 8. 2011

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IT’S STILL about the economy. It’s still about jobs. It’s still about hope, not gloom and doom.

Yet President Obama and Congress have forgotten these things. So have congressional leaders of both political parties.

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Geiger’s Counter: We are works in progress

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Wednesday, July 27. 2011

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It is true what they say. Sometimes you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone’ or, in my case, almost gone. [Full story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Some very special people

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Wednesday, July 20. 2011

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Acute renal failure – three words guaranteed to get one’s attention. [Full story »]

Twenty years of tunes at Hollonville Opry House

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Wednesday, July 6. 2011

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BY CHARLOTTE KIRKLAND

If the walls of the Hollonville Opry House could talk what stories they could tell. Walls can’t talk but people can and they have. The musicians who have performed on the Opry House stage and the fun-loving, music-appreciative fans tell of the good times. [Full story »]

The fight for fiscal freedom

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Monday, July 4. 2011

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When our founding fathers first considered fighting for freedom, it was not an easy decision to make. Many lost their lives before America could call itself a nation.

In the past 235 years, America has fought countless other wars and sacrificed millions and millions of brave soldiers’ lives. None of those involved made the easy decision. They left their families at home and took on the nation’s struggles as their own, fighting for a dream they hoped would become reality. [Full story »]

Citizen says taxpayers should appeal

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Thursday, June 23. 2011

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At the June 15 Pike commission budget workshop meeting, I addressed the board expressing my concerns about the county employees payroll and insurance plan. I think every taxpayer in Pike County deserves to know that the commissioners are receiving about $5 million each year from property taxes. [Full story »]

When will Obama crack in public?

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Thursday, June 16. 2011

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By Mychal Massie
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At a time when many Americans can barely afford Burger King and a movie, Obama boasts of spending a billion dollars on his re-election campaign. Questioned at a recent appearance about the spiraling fuel costs, Obama said, "Get used to it" - and with an insouciant grin and chortle, he told another person at the event, who complained about the effect high fuel prices were having on his family, to "get a more fuel-efficient car." [Full story »]