Peach State Cats a new home arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, for the 2019 season. Peach State Cats The Peach State Cats are a professional indoor football team based in Athens, Georgia. They are current members of the American Arena League. They originally announced to play home games at Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, Georgia, for the 2018 season but were eventually made a travel-only team. They moved to Athens the following season. Their owner is Tim Freeman and they are coached by Mareno Philyaw. The Cats were founded in 2017, originally announced as members of the regional semi-professional Elite
North State Communications In 1905, the High Point company was incorporated as North State Telephone Company. In 1919, Hayden bought the Southern Bell system in High Point, which had operated since 1907. In 1920 North State became the first telephone company in the state to install the automatic-dial system. In 1929 the company bought the Randleman system, and in 1935 the Thomasville company became part of North State. In 2004, North State began offering DirecTV digital satellite TV. In 2005, North State spent $30 million to begin offering the area's first fiber optic residential service. In 2007, North State's cell phone service changed