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Two local races to be decided in primary balloting

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Monday, July 19. 2010

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Pike County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, July 20 to cast ballots in the Georgia General Primary.

Those ballots will decide two local races. [Full story »]

Mobile meth lab discovered

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Friday, July 16. 2010

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Pike County sheriff's deputies discovered a mobile methamphetamine lab during a traffic stop July 15. [Full story »]

Third Friday on the Square tonight

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Friday, July 16. 2010

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The Third Friday on the Square series will continue tonight with tunes from a soothing blues band. [Full story »]

Locally-made fabrics save lives

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Wednesday, July 14. 2010

TenCate Protective Fabrics not only provides a safety net for almost 200 families employed in Pike County, they also protect military and emergency personnel in dangerous situations with the fabrics they weave every day. [Full story »]

Early voting ends next week

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Friday, July 9. 2010

Time is running out to vote early at the courthouse for local and state candidates. Early voting ends July 16 and the general primary will be held Tuesday, July 20. [Full story »]

Birds of prey rescued from Gulf Coast

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Tuesday, July 6. 2010

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Two birds of prey affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have made their way to Bubba and Friends Wildlife Rehabilitation outside Zebulon. The young ospreys were abandoned by their parents near the Mississippi coast and were unable to feed themselves. [Full story »]

Veterans honored at parade, recreation fields

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Saturday, July 3. 2010

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Hundreds lined the highway for the Independence Day Pride of Pike parade with the theme "We Shall Never Forget." As the parade passed the courthouse, spectators applauded loudly as volunteers carried plaques commemorating the 173 veterans from Georgia who have lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Full story »]

Pride of Pike set for Saturday

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Friday, July 2. 2010

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The Pride of Pike Independence Day celebration will kick off Saturday at 4 p.m. with veterans of all eras lead the leading parade participants as Grand Marshalls. "We Will Never Forget" is the theme this year and 173 volunteers are needed to carry a memorial placard with the names of Georgia military personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. [Full story »]

Texting while driving ban begins Thursday

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Monday, June 28. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

Starting Thursday, drivers will be barred by state law from texting while driving. [Full story »]

Judge 'stuck his tongue in my mouth,' attorney testifies

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Friday, June 25. 2010

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A Fayette County divorce attorney testified, albeit reluctantly, under oath Friday regarding a pattern of sexual harassment toward her by former Griffin circuit superior court judge Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr.

Additionally, fellow former judge Paschal English, who was subpoenaed to testify, failed to appear, according to The Fayette Citizen. [Full story »]

Have you seen this man?

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Thursday, June 24. 2010

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Authorities in Spalding and surrounding counties are looking for a black male in connection with an early morning attempted sexual assault at a residence on Rivers Road outside Griffin. [Full story »]

Pride of Pike participants needed

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Tuesday, June 22. 2010

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Pike County veterans of all eras will be the Grand Marshalls for the Pride of Pike Independence Day parade July 3. The theme this year is "We Will Never Forget," and the parade is sponsored by Pike County Emergency Services. [Full story »]

Public defender Saia stricken

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Sunday, June 20. 2010

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Griffin circuit public defender Joseph Saia is hospitalized in Wilmington, N.C. [Full story »]

Finalists for judicial nominations named

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Friday, June 18. 2010

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Governor Sonny Perdue’s Judicial Nominating Commission (JNC) has submitted recommendations to fill two judgeships on the Griffin Judicial Circuit. The two vacancies on the Griffin Judicial Circuit were created by the resignations of Judge Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr. and Judge Paschal A. English, Jr. [Full story »]

Woman hit on square

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Monday, June 14. 2010

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A woman was hit on the south side of the courthouse square by an extended cab F-250 towing a trailer around 3:40 p.m. Monday. Zebulon police and sheriff's deputies responded to the incident to control traffic while she was tended to by emergency responders. [Full story »]