Top Stories - Topics from May, 2009
Reassessment notices coming
Some Jackson County property owners will be getting reassessment notices in the mail within the next week. Chief tax appraiser Cathy Johnson said Tuesday that some 9,000 notices will be sent out in the coming days. Johnson said she has no way of determining how many of these are down in value and how many are up. However, two new state laws ...
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BOC tables BJC bailout vote
BJC Medical Center’s request for a financial bailout from the Jackson County Board of Commissioners was tabled Monday night. The BOC postponed taking action at its meeting and didn’t give a date as to when the matter might again be on the agenda. At a BOC meeting three weeks ago, Rick Massey, a member of the BJC Medical Center Authority, ...
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Judge: Hoschton must pay $230,000
A Superior Court judge has ruled that Hoschton must pay a development company almost $230,000 in a lawsuit centering on a new sewer pump station. Judge Currie Mingledorff ruled Friday that the city must pay Horizon Communities, LLC $191,631 for a new sewer pump station, and $38,347 in attorney’s fees and costs. Horizon Communities is building ...
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Proposed Commerce budget down almost $10 million
Don’t expect to see any big city initiatives this year. The first draft of the proposed 2009-10 Commerce budget is down almost $10 million from the current budget and has very little capital spending. The budget, which must undergo scrutiny — and possible changes — by the city council, will be approved in June for a fiscal year that ...
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Wednesday shooting in Nicholson being probed
A dispute turned violent Wednesday evening in Nicholson. Ricky Beatty Jr., 26, of Jefferson, was life-flighted in critical condition to Grady Memorial Hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and underwent emergency surgery Wednesday night. The shooting took place at around 5 p.m. at a 8353 Jefferson Road residence, about an eighth of a mile west ...
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'66 addition torn off old courthouse
The 1966 addition to the Jackson County Historic Courthouse was torn down Monday afternoon as work began on restoring the building.
The addition had been built for office space, but it never fit the character of the courthouse.
For the complete story, see the May 6 issue of The Jackson Herald.
The addition had been built for office space, but it never fit the character of the courthouse.
For the complete story, see the May 6 issue of The Jackson Herald.
Shooter's car found near Jackson County line
The red Jeep of alleged murderer George Zinkhan has been located in Northwestern Clarke County near the Jackson County line.
According to media and law enforcement reports, the vehicle was found in a ravine off Cleveland Road, an area that is just south of the Bear Creek Reservoir.
Following the discovery, state law enforcement officials swarmed over the area, including road checks in Jackson County along Hwy. 330. A State Patrol helicopter was also searching the area Friday.
A 911 call to Jackson County Thursday from a motorist on Hwy. 330 said they saw a man on a motorcycle in the area that looked like Zinkhan. Hwy. 330 is just north of the Bear Creek area in South Jackson, not far from where the Jeep was found.
That area of Clarke County is isolated with few major roads or streets. It is near the point where Jackson, Barrow, Clarke and Oconee counties all intersect near Bogart. Zinkhan's home is in the Bogart area.
The former UGA professor is accused of shooting and killing his wife and two others in downtown Athens Saturday morning near a community theater.
According to media and law enforcement reports, the vehicle was found in a ravine off Cleveland Road, an area that is just south of the Bear Creek Reservoir.
Following the discovery, state law enforcement officials swarmed over the area, including road checks in Jackson County along Hwy. 330. A State Patrol helicopter was also searching the area Friday.
A 911 call to Jackson County Thursday from a motorist on Hwy. 330 said they saw a man on a motorcycle in the area that looked like Zinkhan. Hwy. 330 is just north of the Bear Creek area in South Jackson, not far from where the Jeep was found.
That area of Clarke County is isolated with few major roads or streets. It is near the point where Jackson, Barrow, Clarke and Oconee counties all intersect near Bogart. Zinkhan's home is in the Bogart area.
The former UGA professor is accused of shooting and killing his wife and two others in downtown Athens Saturday morning near a community theater.
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