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Cheap car, unsigned title bad for Danielsville man

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Friday, August 14. 2009

A Danielsville man got such a good deal on his new car that he should have been — and was —- suspicious. Apparently, not suspicious enough. Commerce police charged Manuel Ricardo Nunez, 38, of 198 Morgan Road, Danielsville, with theft by receiving stolen property, driving with a revoked license and a taillight violation last week after an ... [Full Story »]

Hill only candidate to qualify for Ward 4 seat

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Thursday, August 13. 2009

Scratch one Commerce election. Dr. Clark Hill was the only candidate to qualify for the Sept. 15 special election to fill the unexpired term of Bob Sosebee for the Ward 4 seat on the Commerce City Council. Qualifying closed at noon Wednesday. With only one candidate, the city can cancel the election. Hill has practiced internal medicine in ... [Full Story »]

Reversal: McKown takes Florida job

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Wednesday, August 12. 2009

Almost a month after learning that another candidate had been hired as the Clewiston, FL, city manager, Commerce’s finance director Steve McKown is packing his bags for Florida. In a reversal of its July vote, the Clewiston City Council voted unanimously Aug. 7 to offer the position to McKown, who had been one of two finalists for the job. ... [Full Story »]

Late payment of property taxes hurts schools, governments

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Wednesday, August 12. 2009

Property tax collections throughout Jackson County are running about 2.5 percent behind schedule, adding to the financial pinch for school systems and local governments. Tax commissioner Don Elrod billed $68.2 million in 2008 property taxes for the county, various municipalities, fire districts and school systems. A 2.5-percent lag in payment ... [Full Story »]

Once over easy

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Wednesday, August 12. 2009

Jonathan Wade Roberts of Pendergrass, with a wet towel over the abrasions on his arm from the airbag on his Chevy Colorado truck, watches uneasily as Commerce fire and police personnel push the truck back upright following a two-vehicle accident Friday on Old Maysville Road. The truck wound up on its side on the shoulder of the road. Roberts ...

From those same people...

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Wednesday, August 12. 2009

Our president has just completed 200 days in office. That is a little over six months, or roughly one-eighth of the four-year term to which he was elected last November, at a time when America’s situation was so desperate that people were trying to press him into service prior to his inauguration, and he had to remind the nation that we could ... [Full Story »]

Seymour gets life for murder of wife

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Wednesday, August 12. 2009

A Commerce man was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday morning for murdering his wife. Martin Seymour, 31, was sentenced by Judge Currie Mingledorf to the life sentence with the possibility of parole. He would not be eligible for parole for 30 years. Seymour was arrested in December 2008 for shooting his sleeping wife, Jamie Seymour, multiple ... [Full Story »]

Enrollment off at Commerce School System

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Friday, August 7. 2009

With a few tears and lots of smiles, the 2009-10 school year began for the Commerce City School System Monday. First-day enrollment amounted to 1,405 students. Officials expect that number to climb over the next two weeks, but it is down by more than 100 from when school ended last May. “That’s a good bit lower than what we’d ... [Full Story »]

Priority shift, economy, shifts road work to Jefferson

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Thursday, August 6. 2009

Changing economic conditions have led Jackson County to put two proposed road projects in Commerce on hold and move a Jefferson road up on the priority list. The Jackson County Industrial Development Authority and the Board of Commissioners, in separate meetings, voted to move the Hog Mountain Road improvement project up on its priority list of ... [Full Story »]

Move will help BJC magage debt

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Wednesday, August 5. 2009

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners took action Monday night to help the BJC Medical Center Authority resolve cash flow problems and pay short-term debts. The commissioners agreed to send a letter of guarantee and line of credit to Bank of America on hospital bonds Jackson and Banks counties are already paying. When the bonds were sold, ... [Full Story »]

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