2025: Year in Review

The city of Zebulon celebrated their 200th birthday in September and county commissioners placed strict limits on both solar farms and data centers during 2025.

Pike honored and remembered former president Jimmy Carter early in the year with teacher Todd Child serving with the Georgia Defense Force during his funeral.

In law enforcement, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office became one of the first 14 in the entire state to earn accreditation from the Georgia Sheriff’s Association. The Zebulon Police Department announced James Morgan as interim chief in February and Tony Howard was announced as the new chief in December and he will start Jan. 1.

In sports, the Pike County High School girls soccer team made school history as the first team to earn the GHSA state championship. Former PCHS baseball pitcher Braden Osbolt was selected by the Cincinatti Reds in the sixth round of the Major League Baseball draft.

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