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Accountants dive deep into county’s garbage bill issues
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Tue,07/01/25-4:06PM , 1,509 Reads
Accountants hired to pinpoint problems with Pike County’s ability to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid garbage bills said they found glitches in the system, but an in-house collection agent said she’s making progress and the county has what it needs to fix things.
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Officials get loud over noise ordinance
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Mon,06/30/25-6:00PM , 4,544 Reads
Two Pike County supervisors got loud with one another — and so did a couple of residents — during discussions about revising the noise ordinance Monday, and after all the bluster the board didn’t vote on the issue that has been festering for six months.
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- Casey Clemons' family stands near a sign at a trailhead at the Bogue Chitto Water Park, where officials dedicated the trail system in his memory on Saturday. (Photo by Matt Williamson. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)
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Water park trails dedicated to late Scout who blazed them
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Mon,06/30/25-5:00PM , 1,467 Reads
Twenty-nine years ago, Casey Clemons spent the spring of his senior year in thick heat and thicker woods at the Bogue Chitto Water Park reworking a network of overgrown trails as part of an Eagle Scout project.
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- Consultants from Justice Planners walk through a cellblock in the Pike County jail on March 13. (Photo by Matt Williamson. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)
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Firm gives report on jail needs
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Mon,06/30/25-1:59PM , 2,428 Reads
The Pike County jail needs about 40 additional beds to accommodate current and short-term needs, according to consultants who supervisors hired to determine whether the aging facility is past its prime.
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