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LETTER: Funding a waterline to Harrison is not justified

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Thursday, July 31. 2008

Dear Editor: Following recent local elections, and with the prospect of the changes in store for the board of commissioners (BOC), questions arise as to what the near future will hold for the citizens of Madison County. The support given by the BOC to the recent decision by the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) to apply for a loan/grant to ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Governments and politicians should not control CO2

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Thursday, July 31. 2008

Dear Editor: (This is in response to Zach Mitcham’s July 24 opinion column: “We need sound policy, not political punching bag, on global warming.”) Global warming arrived in reports of a dramatic temperature increase between mid-1990 and mid-2000. This rise in temperature implied that more heat was received from the sun than radiated back ... [Full Story »]

State’s request to throw out lawsuit: ‘Not a surprise,’ says superintendent

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Thursday, July 31. 2008

State attorneys calling for a lawsuit brought on by school systems to be thrown out wasn’t an unexpected move, Madison County school head Dr. Mitch McGhee said. “That was not a surprise …,” the superintendent said. “Georgia isn’t the first state to have a lawsuit such as this. They’ve been fairly prominent of late across the ... [Full Story »]

Madison County schools to hold open house Wednesday

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

All Madison County school open houses are ahead Wednesday, Aug. 6, with three of the system’s seven campuses unveiling significant alterations. Elementary schools (Colbert, Comer, Danielsville, Ila and Hull-Sanford) will hold their open houses from 3-5 p.m. The middle school open house is set for 5:30-7 p.m. and the Madison County Freshmen ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Hard to stomach state’s hypocrisy on gambling

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

Four small business operators in Madison County were arrested and charged with operating a commercial gambling establishment. In one case it was his second arrest on the same charge. These four small businesses had poker machines in their stores, and they were giving players cash prizes when they won. That is a clear violation of Georgia law. ... [Full Story »]

Three schools cited in AYP report

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

Feds expect schools to make yearly progress toward perfection by 2014 Three Madison County schools have missed Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) assessments, while more student subgroups fell short of progress marks as well this year. Results were released Friday by the Georgia Department of Education. Both Madison County high school and middle ... [Full Story »]

Athens man arrested after car, foot chase

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Wednesday, July 30. 2008

An Athens man was arrested following a slow-speed chase in Colbert last week in relation to the report of an auto theft in Comer. Darrell Cutrer, Jr., 21, 83 Old Church Road, was charged with a probation violation (original charge: VGCSA), fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, obstruction of an officer, reckless driving, no ... [Full Story »]

Two bodies found off Hwy. 106 Sunday

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Sunday, July 27. 2008

Authorities release identity of deceased man A man and a woman were found dead in a pine thicket off Hwy. 106 in Madison County nearly a mile north of Hull-Sanford Elementary School. The man has been identified as Timothy Lee Sorrow, 31, Pine Street, Ila. Law officers also have tentative identification of the south Georgia woman, but they are ... [Full Story »]

Autopsies reveal no sign of foul play in Hwy. 106 deaths

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Sunday, July 27. 2008

Authorities will now wait for toxicology reports; deceased male identified; female's name not yet released Autopsies of two people found dead off Hwy. 106 in Madison County Sunday revealed no evidence that they were murdered. “There was nothing to indicate foul play,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Jim Fullington Tuesday ... [Full Story »]

Identity of woman found off Hwy. 106 released

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Sunday, July 27. 2008

Authorities have released the identity of the woman found dead with a Madison County man in a wooded area off Hwy. 106 Sunday. Tammy Marie Denmark, 39, Lyons, and Timothy Lee Sorrow, 31, Pine Street, Ila, were both found dead in a pine thicket about a mile north of Hull-Sanford Elementary School. Autopsies revealed no evidence that the two were ... [Full Story »]

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