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One hundred nine seniors will step into history Friday night at East Jackson Comprehensive High School. The Class of 2008 will be the first class to graduate from the new school, located on Hoods Mill Road near Commerce. The graduation ceremony will begin at 6:00 at Eagle Stadium. In the event of rain, it will be moved into the gym. Briana Jill ... [Full Story »] 

Work on the new Commerce High School has resumed. The first visible signs, the erection of a freestanding "practice gymnasium" behind the current facility should take place this fall. Feeling that it had responded to concerns about the school's design raised by a citizens' group, following a two-and-a-half-hour presentation last Wednesday ... [Full Story »] 

The group that has raised issues about the plan for the new Commerce High School plans "to think about it for awhile" before deciding what, if any, further action to take. Several members of PEACE (People Excited About Commerce Education) were visibly angry after the Wednesday night presentation by the school board because the board refused to ... [Full Story »] 

An Ingles employee's attempt to help a friend avoid the "everyday low prices" at the grocery store backfired, according to the Commerce Police Department. The incident report said police were summoned to the new store on South Elm Street and were asked to wait outside until the shoplifting suspects left the store. Moments later, they were asked ... [Full Story »] 

A Homer man who led police on a chase all the way from Ingles to the J & J Center and back on U.S. 441 and Hwy. 334 faces 14 charges. According to the arrest report, an officer observed John Matthew Criswell, 37, of 119 Crane Mobile Home Drive, Homer, exit the Kangaroo convenience store on South Broad Street, turn the wrong way on South ... [Full Story »] 

One hundred nine seniors will step into history Friday night, May 23, at East Jackson Comprehensive High School. The Class of 2008 will be the first class to graduate from the new school, located on Hoods Mill Road near Commerce. The graduation ceremony will begin at 6:00 at Eagle Stadium. In the event of rain, it will be moved into the gym. ... [Full Story »] 

Emissions from the Louisiana Pacific oriented strandboard plant on U.S. 441 in Center are responsible for every illness from sinus infections to cancer to breeding problems in cattle, according to participants in a public hearing last week. Those who chose to speak on the record asked, encouraged and begged the Georgia Environmental Protection ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce Board of Education missed its chance last Wednesday night to build public support for its plan for a new high school. In a clearly orchestrated event, the board used its panel of architects, attorneys and others to refute concerns raised by citizens about the school’s design, refused to let the public ask questions and approved a ... [Full Story »] 

By Mark Beardsley The members of the citizens' group who have opposed the design of the new Commerce High School have a decision to make. What do they do now that the school board has voted to proceed. To say that they were incensed after last Wednesday night's meeting would be an understatement. They came away feeling insulted by a board that ... [Full Story »]