GBI: Activist fatally shot after wounding state trooper bought gun legally
GBI: Activist fatally shot after wounding state trooper bought gun legally
Capitol Beat News Service - ATLANTA - The 26-year-old activist shot to death by law enforcement in Atlanta last week legally purchased the gun...
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Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland
By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News ServiceATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp likes to tout how his smart shepherding of state resources and track record landing...
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Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat
Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat
By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA - The widow of the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is headed into...
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Jasper needs marble art: Can we get a fountain over here?
By Dan Pool, Editor dpool@pickensprogress.com As the old saying goes, Jasper, you’ve come a long way baby. The business owners downtown have really...
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2023 – From a 1923 perspective
What do you think the world will look like in 2123? No more kitchens? No poverty? Shorter work weeks? One hundred years ago, in...
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When is big too big?
By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com There he was. Peering at me from across the restaurant waiting room in his buck-toothed, Barney-Fife wonderment. At...
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Posts published in “Obituaries”

Obituaries for January 5, 2023; Marvin Abbott, Shannon Allender, Luce Beck, Daniel Blankowski, Buddy Bryan, Danny Crane, Gene Garland, Selina Hales, John Mclain, Nolan Mortus, Julia Nutting, Denny Panter, Paul Petty, Christine Rackley, EJ Rich, Betsy Russell, Alvin Trevillyan, Connie Wilkie, Rodney Wheeler.

By Staff Writer on January 4, 2023

Paul Petty February 5, 1944 – January 1, 2023 U.S. Veteran Mr. Paul Petty, 78, of Talking Rock, passed away peacefully at home surrounded…

Obituaries for December 29, 2022; • Inez Hales • Matthew Campbell • Marie Guthrie • Ruby Warren

By Staff Writer on December 28, 2022

Ruby Warren April 22, 1934 – December 26, 2022 Mrs. Ruby Warren, 88, of Jasper, passed away Monday, December 26, 2022 at Piedmont Mountainside…

Obituaries for December 22, 2022; • Ann Stone • Clarence O’Rear Sr. • Cheryl Jones • Donna Owen • Ireland Edwards • James Smith • Jimmie Thomason • Karen Boling • William Brackett

By Staff Writer on December 21, 2022

Karen Boling Karen Abercrombie Boling, 61, of Dawsonville died Wednesday, December 7, 2022. Graveside Service, Monday, December 19, 2022, 2 p.m., Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery. Bearden…