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A preview of the 1.15.2013 edition of The Herald Gazette

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Email Headline Preview
Monday, January 14. 2013
Nabbed:
Jailed man thought to be area's serial arsonist.

Travis Ball:
Alleged arsonist's Facebook page a gallery of pent up anger.

On the move:
Tax commissioner moving to make room for drug court.

He's first:
Little boy is Lamar's first born child for 2013.

Veteran:
Bill Boggs shares his remarkable story.

Elaine Fox Schaffer

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Obituaries
Monday, January 14. 2013
Mrs. Elaine Fox Schaffer, age 65, of Senoia, passed away Friday Jan. 11, 2013, in Piedmont-Newnan Hospital. [Full Story »] 

Pike DFCS office under investigation

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Your news
Monday, January 14. 2013
The Pike County Department of Family and Children’s Services is under investigation after a report was made to local authorities. [Full Story »] 

Jerrill Richard Bankston

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Obituaries
Monday, January 14. 2013
Jerrill Richard Bankston of Barnesville died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. [Full Story »] 

Search party fails to locate missing man

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
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 »] 

Information sought on Franklin Dorminy

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Saturday, January 12. 2013
The Herald Gazette is seeking information on former state prison inmate Franklin D. Dorminy with regard to information received that he may have been involved in an as yet unsolved homicide in the area during the 1980s. [Full Story »] 

Arson suspect identified; bond denied

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Crime
Friday, January 11. 2013
Comments (6)
A man suspected of being the serial arsonist that has terrorized the area in recent months and whose activity has escalated over the last few weeks has been identified. [Full Story »] 

Teen shot by stepfather has died

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Top Stories
Friday, January 11. 2013
Comments (5)
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. [Full Story »] 

Maedell Denham Pritchett

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Obituaries
Thursday, January 10. 2013
Mrs. Jimmie “Maedell” Denham Pritchett, age 89, of High Falls passed away Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013 in a Griffin healthcare facility. [Full Story »] 

Alleged child killer denied bond; death penalty considered

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Your news
Thursday, January 10. 2013
Comments (2)
The man accused of killing nine-year-old Skylar Dials was denied bond Thursday morning in Spalding County superior court. [Full Story »] 

Soldier's remains coming home from Korea after 62 years

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in News
Thursday, January 10. 2013
Using DNA, Army officials have identified and are shipping home the remains of a Griffin soldier who was killed in action while battling Chinese troops on the Manchurian border near the Chosin Reservoir and Yalu River on December 12, 1950. [Full Story »] 

Pike teen shot in head

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Crime and Arrests
Thursday, January 10. 2013
A 17-year-old underwent surgery Wednesday night after allegedly being shot in the head by his stepfather. [Full Story »] 

J. Ralph Akins

Posted by
Staff Writer
in Obituaries
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
Mr. J. Ralph Akins passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at the age of 87. [Full Story »] 

Dude, my zip lining career is over

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Opinion
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
Comments (2)
By Walter Geiger

It all started with a family outing designed to provide family time together for the Geigers in the wake of the always hectic Christmas season and before the ringing in of the new year. [Full Story »] 

Jimmy Burnette’s Model A dream realized

Posted by
Walter Geiger
in Features
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
By Kay S. Pedrotti

If you see a happy couple riding through Barnesville in a 1928 Model A, usually accompanied by a singing Jack Russell terrier named Sparkle, it’ll be Jimmy and Bobbie Burnette.
[Full Story »] 
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