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After enduring a lengthy board debate Tuesday night that threatened to undo a month of work on his plan to salvage the county’s finances, County Chairman Danny Yearwood then faced a brutal public flogging by Sheriff Jud Smith. Smith’s ire was sparked some remarks that Yearwood made Tuesday morning during a radio appearance. “He told the ... [Full Story »] 

At Tuesday night’s City of Winder council meeting, Mayor Chip Thompson and city administrator Bob Beck made it clear that they don’t intend to follow the state law regarding the town’s FY2010 budget. Georgia law sets out a specific process before a town can adopt a budget. That process includes having the city council hold at least one ... [Full Story »] 

A 17-year-old Statham youth was killed Saturday morning when he was hit by an oncoming CSX train just outside the city limits. But exactly what happened isn’t yet clear. A report from the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said Joshua Whiten may have been walking on the tracks at the time of the incident while listening to music. “The ... [Full Story »] 

A Gwinnett County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a wreck Monday afternoon as he traveled to his Barrow County home on a motorcycle. The Georgia State Patrol identified the deputy as 56-year-old Bill Edge. The accident happened shortly after 5 p.m. at the intersection of Atlanta Highway and Bowman Mill Road in the southeastern part of Barrow ... [Full Story »]