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Dear Editor: Educationally speaking there is no greater need for our students than increased literacy. Virtually every area we as a school system have targeted for improvement is tied to literacy. Children cannot make the improvements they are capable of intellectually on achievement tests, be it at the elementary, middle, or high school level, ... [Full Story »] 

An apparent miscommunication about a raise in the city clerk’s salary brought out some tension in Danielsville City Hall May 4. Mayor Glenn Cross, who was unable to attend the called meeting on the matter last week, told the council that he remembered talking about giving new city clerk Connie Riley a $2 per hour raise, but that he did not ... [Full Story »] 

A Commerce man was arrested on family violence charges recently after he allegedly struck and attempted to stab his live-in girlfriend. Barney Shane Richey, 37, of 113 Barnes Road, was charged with one count each of aggravated assault FVA, battery FVA and terroristic threats and acts. According to the incident report, Deputy Tommy Williams ... [Full Story »] 

Don’t worry, this has nothing to do with the swine flu. It’s just that no one like me can stop and smell the roses — not without popping an antihistamine. This is my favorite time of year, the green back on the trees, the comfortable rides with the windows down, the late evenings on the porch. But my nose also becomes an allergy AK47, ... [Full Story »] 

Deputies were summoned to a Creekwood Drive residence last week in reference to domestic dispute. A woman at the scene told Deputy Burl Johnson that her husband punched her in the eye, pointed a 22-caliber rifle at her and threatened to kill her after they argued over calls he had allegedly received from different women on his cell phone. The ... [Full Story »]