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Vol. 126 Issue No. 32 500 Peach ■ September
Legal Organ For Peach County, City of Fort Valley and City Of Byron
Byron
Businessman
Slain in
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Jermontae Artez Moss
A Warner Robins teenager is in
ustody, charged with felony murder,
n the death of Byron resident Jose
/larin.
Marin. 43, owned Mexican food
tores in Warner Robins. Fort Valley
nd Griffin.
According to reports. Marin was
nloading a truck at Marin Mexican
•ood #2 on Bowling Dr. near Watson
llvd. Last Thursday night. A gun
tan approached Marin demanding
toncy and shot him once after the
tore owner put down a crate. A store
mployee who had been inside ran
ut to find Marin unresponsive with
single gunshot wound Marin was
iken to Houston Medical Center,
/here died from the gunshot wound.
Police searched near the store and
nested Jermontae Artez Moss, 17,
/ho fit witness descriptions. After
uestioning. Moss was charged with
;lony murder and theft by receiving
fter police found a stolen handgun in
is possession.
lyron Police
Seeking Missing
Woman
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Latisha Styles
By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
Investigators need the public's help
i finding a Byron woman who not
een seen for nearly two months.
Byron Police Del. Melanie Bickford
lid in an interview that investiga¬
tes are trying to find Latisha Styles,
6, who lives in a Byron Housing
uthority home. Bickford described
le misssing woman as black female,
xxit 5'4” and 140 pounds.
Bickford said the Housing
uthority checked on Styles' resi
ence and found many of her bekmg
igs. including a cell phone, but no
gn that she had been there in a long
me. A sister who lives in Warner
obins filed a missing person report
ith Warner Robins police about a
lonth ago. She repoted last seeing
or sister on July 25. Bickford said
receifX found at Styles' residence
as dated July 30. which is the last
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traffic 2011 Governor's safety. front Challenge, of which truck, acknowledges l-r: law enforcement Chief agencies for their work in highway and
In the Sgt. Eric Farris, Wesley Cannon, Byron Mayor Larry Collins,
and Officer Steve Perrell. Photo by Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
Byron Police Chief Wesley Cannon
has a management problem on his
hands:
How to decide who gets to drive the
Avera Drugs Closes Its Doors
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The sign in front of Avera Drugs shows how long the store has been
in business. Avera Drugs closed last week, with accounts and existing
inventory transferring to CVS. Photo by Victor Kulkosky
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Unf Uv« Hm King «mI Quaan! The 2011 Peach County Hiah School
Homecoming King and Queen were crowned at halftime during the
Peoch-Westside game. The Queen is Miss Senior, Jordan Rigdon and
the King is Ryan Bowman, doing double duty as a PCHS Trojans line¬
backer. Photo Victor
new
The “problem" comes from the
Byron Police Department winning the
2011 Governor's Challenge admlnis
tered through the Governor's Office
of Highway Safety. According to the
Governor’s Challenge website: “The
By Victor Kullkosky
News Editor
Avera Drugs in downtown Fort
Valley closed its doors last week, end¬
ing the run of what had been the oldest
continuously operating pharmacy in
the state.
The closing of the 141 -year-old busi¬
ness came without warning. The store
opened for business last Wednesday.
Other Main Street business owners
saw CVS Pharmacy employees clear¬
ing out the store's inventory that night.
Last Friday, customers were still
walking up to the store's entrance on
Main Street before noticing the sign
that announced the closing and told
customers to pick up their prescription
at the CVS on Vineville Street.
Avera Drugs was one of Fort Valley's
oldest businesses and carried the dis
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is a
incentive program designed to-award
outstanding achievemenhHfnftgUWfty
safety enforcement and education.”
Several awards are given to police
department's according to size.
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County Dedicates New
Public
By Mark C.L. Walker
Leader-Tribune Intern
Peach County dedicate its new pub¬
lic safety complex in memory of J.D.
"Donnie" Doles, father of the current
Peach County Fire Chief Jeff Doles.
Donnie Doles was one of the first
elected Peach county commissioners
and was instrumental in the start¬
ing the Powersville fire Department
and the purchase of the first "Fire
Knocker", which later developed into
the Peach county Fire Department.
September 24, 2011 was the offi¬
cial dedication ceremony for the new
Public Safety Complex, fringing out
local police, emergency medical ser¬
vice. firefighters, city officials and the
community.
The Station will replace the older
station #6 and will be able to accom¬
modate more workers and more
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By Victor Kulkosky
News Editor
“What do we want Byron to look
like? That's a really important ques¬
tion.”
Byron Mayor Larry Collins posed
that question during an interview last
week at his law office on Main Street.
That question will be on the minds
of officials and residents as Byron
plans a $410.(XX) project to revitalize
the streetscape of Main Street and
build sidewalks on Boy Scout Road in
the Toomerville neighborhood. Those
two projects are possible due to a
Transportation Enhancement grant the
federal government recently awarded
the city.
Federal funds will pay 80% of the
project cost, or $328,000. with Byron
contributing the remaining $82,000,
or 20%. The city's share will come
from 2008 SPLOST funds the City
Council voted to appropriate at a
called meeting last week.
To lay the background for the new
projects, Collins went through the
history of Main Street and Boy Scout
Road.
Main Street as we know it today is
a product of the 1930s, when Georgia
Highway 49 was built as a bypass to
carry traffic to Fort Valley. The earlier
route had taken Old Macon Road and
continued along Moseley Road. The
street previously called Broadway was
renamed Main Street and extended to
Highway 49 to create another route in
and out of downtown Byron.
As for Boy Scout Road, Collins
said it was Walton's Mill Pond Road
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equipment to offer the county a lot
more fire protection.
“With the addition of this station
there will be more fire protection for
this part of the town; as far as the
county and the city goes we will be
a lot closer as well so we can provide
back up if needed." said Jawar Brown,
Peach County Firefighter.
For Peach County Fire Chief Jeff
Doles, the dedication held great sig¬
nificance.
“This is very emotional day for
me,” Doles said, “my dad served 20
years cm the Board erf Commissioners
and I appreciate all the people who
wrote letters asking for this to be done
and it makes me swell with pride to
know this building is named after my
father."