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Nicholas Narsing (far right), eighth-grader at Huntington Middle School, won the Houston County Board of Education 2010 Spelling Bee today.Richard Thaxton, seventh-grader at Northside Middle School, won runner-up...Photo by Gary Harmon |
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Perry moves budget work session
2/5/2010
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
For those who want a ringside seat to watch Perry’s leaders discuss this year’s budget, the time of the next work session has been changed from Monday, Feb. 15, which is President’s Day, to Thursday, Feb. 11 at 5 p.m.
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WR teen charged in shooting
2/5/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
A Warner Robins teen was arrested by police Thursday in connection with a shooting that occurred late last month.
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Warner Robins man dies from accident injuries
2/5/2010
By KRYSTAL RINER
Managing Editor
On Tuesday, Feb. 2 around 5:30 p.m., officers of the Warner Robins Police Department were dispatched to Sandpiper Apartments at 800 Leisure Lake Dr, in reference to an accident with injuries.
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County weather sirens sound test proves a success
2/5/2010
By KRYSTAL RINER
Managing Editor
On Wednesday morning Houston County heard the sound of weather sirens. At 9:07 a.m. the Houston County Emergency Management Agency used the alert as part of a statewide tornado drill held every February.
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Perry seeks more ‘Go Fish’ info
2/2/2010
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Sonny Perdue’s Go Fish Georgia Initiative, aimed at generating a big boost in tourism by capitalizing on the popularity of bass fishing, is one of a number of projects hit hard by last year’s economic downturn.
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Officials take tour of new jail expansion
2/2/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
A tour Friday by county officials of the new 160-bed addition to the Houston County jail signaled the project’s completion
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Former WR city clerk speaks out
2/2/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
An uncommon hearing preceded the Warner Robins City Council meeting Monday night when former city clerk Stan Martin addressed council in an attempt to clear his name.
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BOE approves option 3 HS zoning map
1/29/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Staff Writer
Even with some signs in the auditorium expressing doubt on how much the members care about certain students, the Houston County Board of Education concluded months of discussion and deliberation on Thursday by adopting a new set of high school zones at a called meeting in Perry.
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WR man flees police
1/29/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
A Warner Robins man was apprehended Thursday afternoon after a traffic stop resulted in an attempt to flee from officers.
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Mayor Faircloth talks about changes and challenges
1/29/2010
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Jimmy Faircloth’s first few weeks as mayor went smoothly, but he was feeling tired, thinking maybe he should get more sleep, occasionally being short of breath or feeling just a little dizzy when he stood up too fast.
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WR teen is critical following shooting
1/27/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
A Warner Robins teen is listed in critical but stable condition after being shot in the upper body Sunday night.
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Perry’s Samaritan Closet sends clothing to Haiti
1/27/2010
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Volunteers at Samaritan’s Closet, a Christian mission on Ball Street in Perry, were hard at work Friday morning picking out and packing clothing for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.
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Mayor Faircloth hospitalized for heart block
1/22/2010
By CHARLOTTE PERKINS
Journal Staff Writer
Mayor Jimmy Faircloth of Perry was taken by ambulance to the Medical Center of Central Georgia on Wednesday morning after his physician discovered that his heart rate was dangerously low.
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WR post office closing
1/22/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
Notices were put up Tuesday indicating the closing of the post office at 200 N. Davis Drive in Warner Robins “effective Feb. 12, 2010.”
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Seabie Hickson award presented to Worrall
1/22/2010
By KRYSTAL RINER
Managing Editor
The gavel was passed on once again at this year’s Perry Annual Chamber of Commerce Meeting held at the Holiday Inn in Perry.
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New WR city clerk approved
1/22/2010
By WES REYNOLDS
Journal Staff Writer
Newly appointed Warner Robins city clerk Alton Mattox was approved by City Council Tuesday.
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Willie Johnson
2/5/2010
Perry - Willie Johnson died February 2, 2010. Service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday, At Ressurrection Baptist Church, with burial in the Rest Haven Cemetery. Survivors, Wife, Mary; children, Lucy, Eddie And Lesia Johnson; siblings, Ruby Washington, Dorothy Tennery And Edna Mae Ezell. Richardson Funeral Home of Perry
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Israel Ybarra “Ike” Garcia
1/29/2010
Lady Lake, FL - Israel Ybarra “Ike” Garcia, 77, passed away on Wednesday January 20, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Saturday January 30, 2010 in the chapel of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Rev. Mike Slade will officiate.
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Israel “Ike” Garcia
1/27/2010
Lady Lake, FL: Israel “Ike” Garcia, 77, passed away on Wednesday January 20, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM Saturday January 30, 2010 in the chapel of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Parkway Memorial Gardens. Rev. Mike Slade will officiate.
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Alphonso Foster
1/27/2010
Alphonso Foster died Friday. Service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Oldfield Baptist Church.
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Kate N. Kezar
1/22/2010
Elko - Kate N. Kezar, 68, passed away at the Perry Houston County Hospital on Monday, January 18, 2009. Graveside Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the Orange Hill Cemetery in Hawkinsville. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Watson-Hunt.
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Local players off to SEC, VSU football clubs
2/5/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
In a rare occurrence among two truly heated rivals of high school football, Northside High and Warner Robins High recruits celebrated their upcoming college careers … together with a show of solidarity at the Eagles’ campus.
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Whitaker commits to Auburn
2/2/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
It would probably be the only occasion where Bryan Way would be seen wearing an Auburn Tigers cap on the Warner Robins High campus.
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Harden chosen as new Perry AD
1/29/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
First, it was David Bruce. Now, Stacey Harden will take his experience as a coordinator for Warner Robins High football into a new head coaching position.
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Sparks sends HC girls to 1st region victory
1/27/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Jayde Sparks scored with five seconds left in regulation time to lift Houston County High’s Lady Bears to the first Region 1-AAAAA win of the 2009-10 season Saturday. Sid Baxley’s team defeated Colquitt County High 39-38 one night after losing 40-38 at Tift County High.
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Lady Bears define team closeness
1/22/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
The senior class of softball players at Houston County High – the one that won four Region 1-AAAAA championships in a row and came one game shy of winning the state title of GHSA – is a tight-knit group for certain.
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Bears-Eagles goes down to last shot
1/19/2010
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
When the ‘cellar-dwellers’ of Region 1-AAAAA boys basketball met at the Houston County High Bear Den, there couldn’t be a lot of sympathy for each other’s plights in the 2009-10 season. Or was there?
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