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Sheriff: Teen Challenge escape report false

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Sunday, January 13. 2013

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Several readers reported receiving escape alerts regarding the Teen Challenge facility here Sunday night. [Full story »]

Search party fails to locate Chigges

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Saturday, January 12. 2013

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The family of Phillip Eugene Chigges, 69, who has been missing since before Christmas, is hoping he is found soon. He lived on Highway 19 north and would often walk down the road, but his disappearance before the holidays is a mystery.

UPDATE: Volunteers, including the Georgia Mounted Search and Rescue team, mounted a search Saturday morning to no avail.

"There is nothing new that arose from the search. We are following up on all information both old and new," sheriff Jimmy Thomas reported Saturday night. [Full story »]

Administrative changes made at schools

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Saturday, January 12. 2013

School board members met for a special called meeting Wednesday, Jan. 2, to make administrative changes involving the school nutritionist, elementary school principal and director of teaching and learning. A faculty meeting was held later Wednesday afternoon to inform elementary school faculty and staff of the change. [Full story »]

Teen passes away

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Thursday, January 10. 2013

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Joshua Lively, 17, was shot at a home in a Williamson subdivision Wednesday, Jan. 9 by his step father Paul Johnson after Lively allegedly became aggressive while holding a knife. He passed away around 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10.

Funeral arrangements will be handled Moody-Daniel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Zebulon. [Full story »]

Local teen shot in head

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013

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Joshua Lively, 17, was shot at a home in a Williamson subdivision Wednesday, Jan. 9 by his step father Paul Johnson after Lively became aggressive while holding a knife. [Full story »]

Case heads to Georgia Supreme Court

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Monday, January 7. 2013

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A Pike County case will be argued before the Georgia Supreme Court this week. County officials are appealing a lower court’s decision barring them from interfering with the operations of the magistrate court and finding they illegally reduced the salary of the chief magistrate judge. [Full story »]

Pike County courthouse changes

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Sunday, December 30. 2012

What a difference a year makes.

The historic Pike County courthouse will have a fresh new look for 2013 along with an additional 5,600 square feet of office space. All major construction projects have been completed inside and outside the building. Finishing touches will be completed after an upcoming meeting with all department heads involved. [Full story »]

Peace and good will

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Monday, December 24. 2012

By Walter Geiger

As we celebrate the Christmas season, our world is a troubled one.

There remains, despite all our societal, agricultural and technological advances, starvation around the globe.
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Wreck requires lifeflight

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Sunday, December 23. 2012

Highway 19 north of Zebulon was shut down temporarily Sunday afternoon after a wreck. Two vehicles were involved in the wreck which happened at the intersection of McKinley Road and Highway 19. [Full story »]

Missing girl's body found

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Friday, December 21. 2012

Spalding County officials on the lookout for a missing nine-year-old girl found her body early Saturday morning. [Full story »]

Zebulon reduces staff; Birney out

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Thursday, December 20. 2012

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

Zebulon city finance and special projects administrator Kathleen Birney's job has been eliminated as of 2013 by unanimous vote of the city council. Birney has worked with the city for 15 years. [Full story »]

School district lawsuit dismissed

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Monday, December 17. 2012

A lawsuit filed by four local residents against the Pike County school district, elections superintendent Lynn Brandenburg and newly elected school board member Walter James “Jim” Brooks has been dismissed by judge William Ison Monday, Dec. 17. The four plaintiffs, Robert E. Adams Jr., Patricia Beckham, Martha O’Neal and Betty Willis, have argued the county’s school district map should have been redrawn after the county received results from the 2010 census showing a significant demographic change. [Full story »]

Tax assessors board chairman steps down

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Friday, December 14. 2012

By Sherri Ellington

Pike County tax assessor chairman Matthew Tomarchio has stepped down, leaving the position open. His term was to have ended in 2014.

In addition, the assessor’s office is seeking part-time help with one of its staffers about to go out on maternity leave. Both vacancies are to be advertised. [Full story »]

Red Cross reaches out after Superstorm

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Wednesday, December 12. 2012

When disaster strikes, American Red Cross volunteers from across the country and beyond rush to offer services – from fresh water, food, clothing and shelter to home repair, cleaning supplies and health care. As residents of areas hit by Hurricane Sandy surveyed the damage from flooding and high winds, Red Cross volunteers stepped up to help, including Pike County’s Red Cross coordinator Teri Totten.

“It was quite an experience. The pictures and video on TV didn’t do the destruction justice,” she said. “When you pull up and see all the damage first hand, it stops you in your tracks.” [Full story »]

Child's murder still under investigation after 26 years

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Thursday, December 6. 2012

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By Rachel McDaniel

Allison Renee Smith, 8, was killed in April 1986. The second grader’s death was determined a homicide by the GBI but no charges were ever filed in the case and it remains an open investigation 26 years later.
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