• BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINS – Rocket League Does It Again

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 6, 2020   Congratulations to the Pickens High School Esports Rocket League team who brought home their second State Championship title after winning at Mount Vernon Presbyterian School – Glenn Campus in Sandy Springs on February 5, 2020. This year’s team members are Captain Mason Watkins (Senior), Carter Logan (Sophomore), Tristan […]

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  • Letter to the Editor on Trump Impeachment

    Dear Editor:   President Trump’s enemies started planning his impeachment the day he became president.  On January 20, 2017 the Washington Post reported; “The effort to impeach President Donald John Trump is already underway.  At the moment the new commander in chief was sworn in, a campaign to build public support for his impeachment went live […]

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  • THE DECLINE OF CHRISTMAS

    Has anyone ever thought of the fact that most of our Christmas songs and traditions are only about 75 or so years old? Doesn’t it seem like this array has just always been there, always been that way? Well, it hasn’t always been so joyous and celebrated as it came to be after World War […]

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  • Weekly Word – Psalm 119:130

    By: Stephen A. Brown, Marketplace Ministries, inc. Psalm 119:130, “The teaching of your word gives light, so even the simple can understand.” (NLT)  Mark Twain wrote, “It’s not the things in the Bible I don’t understand that bother me, it’s the things I do.”  The Word will often convict the reader by identifying sin. Anyone […]

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  • PICKENS COUNTY RESTAURANT FIRE RULED ARSON

    ATLANTA – Fire Investigators with the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office accompanied by their K-9 have determined a fire that occurred just after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, November 5 at a Pickens County restaurant was intentionally set. “The arson occurred at Bee’s Home Cooking, located at 660 West Church Street in Jasper, Georgia. This […]

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  • This week’s Weekly Word Devotional

    By: Stephen A. Brown, Marketplace Ministries, inc. The book HIDING PLACE is Corrie ten Boom’s story of her family hiding Jews in their home during the Nazi reign of terror. They were captured, imprisoned, and Corrie was the only family survivor. She was faced with a choice to be bitter or better. A Christian, Corrie […]

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  • Weekly Word Devotional

    By: Stephen A. Brown, Marketplace Ministries, inc. Artist Sandra Auger Creates for the Creator. Her abstract painting of the Cross with the words, He Loves, appeared in a local magazine. When asked how she gets her inspiration, she replied, “The process begins first by praying and then spending time reading the Bible.”  Sandra explained that […]

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  • PICKENS COUNTY MAN ARRESTED FOR ARSON

    ATLANTA – On November 7, Investigators with the Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office assisted with the arrest of Tyler Jose Suarez, 23, of Jasper, Georgia, with 1 Count of First Degree Arson. The charge stems from his alleged involvement in setting fire to a building that housed a restaurant he owned, Bee’s Home Cooking. Mr. Suarez […]

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