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District 4 Public Health has recently received reports of an individual posing as a health inspector.  This person has approached several restaurant owners or managers demanding free meals.  [Full story »] 

Demolition inside the historic Pike County courtroom and preparation for the 5,600 square foot addition to the building are underway. [Full story »] 

On Super Tuesday, 10 states held primary elections, including Georgia. Local results started rolling in shortly after 7 p.m. when the polls closed and were all calculated before 9 p.m. In Georgia's 2012 primary election, around 31% of Pike County's registered voters cast their vote.

With a total of 3,182 votes cast in Pike County, Gingrich received an overwhelming majority of the votes with 1,739 or around 55% of all votes. Rick Santorum received a total of 583 votes, Mitt Romney received a total of 471 votes, Ron Paul received a total of 198, Obama received a total of 187 votes, Rick Perry received 5 votes, Michele Bachmann received 4 votes, Jon Huntsman received 3 votes, Gary Johnson received 2 votes and Buddy Roemer received 0 votes.

According to the Associated Press, 47.2% of Republican voters chose Gingrich over the other eight Republican candidates (with only 10% of precincts reporting).

See exact voting totals below. [Full story »] 

Congress has made available millions of dollars to pay Georgia landowners, including Pike County property owners, who agree not to use their land for the development of a subdivision. Each of Georgia’s 159 counties is eligible for many of these programs, yet in many years the money is returned to Washington, D.C., unused. Most landowners who could receive payment under these U.S. Department of Agriculture programs are unaware they qualify. [Full story »] 

Pike County voter turnout is very low in the presidential preferential primary. A total of 245 advanced voters have taken advantage of early voting as of press time Monday, Feb. 27. Absentee ballots have been received from 75 voters. Only four voters took advantage of advanced voting Saturday, Feb. 25. [Full story »] 

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for 53 counties in Georgia, including Pike County until 4 p.m. Friday. [Full story »] 

By Dwain W. Penn

Within months of activating the new water filtration system, Molena city council heard more good news at the Feb. 13 meeting. Construction of the new fire station will begin in March. [Full story »] 

At the Feb. 13 meeting, the Parks and Recreation Authority discussed each line item in the proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year in an almost two hour meeting. Members voted unanimously to cancel plans for a Pride of Pike celebration in 2012 and start overseeing the operation of Pike’s baseball, soccer and cheerleading programs in 2013 with the assistance of the three associations that now run those programs. [Full story »]