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The Banks County Board of Commissioners and the Banks County Planning Commission have been asked to approve the location of a flea market on prime real estate at Banks Crossing. Barrow 141 on 316 LLC has petitioned the county for a conditional use permit to turn 89,000 square feet in the old Pottery building into a flea market. The planning ... [Full Story »] 

In his last meeting, Ward 2 city councilman Donald Wilson served notice. “I’ll be back,” he promised. Wilson’s term expires Dec. 31 following a two-vote loss in the November election to Darren Owensby. It ends — for now — a 28.5-year tenure on the city council. “You get it in your blood and you can’t get rid of it,” said ... [Full Story »] 

A Commerce woman is out nearly $3,000 after she attempted to buy a vehicle on the popular Internet site craigslist. According to the Commerce Police Department incident report, a 19-year-old black female responded to a craigslist ad and was directed to pay through e-Bay Motors. She told police she wired $2,870 to a man purportedly at e-Bay ... [Full Story »] 

With more than 2,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine in hand, the Jackson County Health Department will hold a free swine flu clinic Saturday from 9:00 to noon at the Commerce clinic. The clinic is located at 632 South Elm Street, next to Lanier Technical College. For the first time, the vaccine will be available to anyone who wants it. “We still want ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce city employees will get a four-day weekend at the turn of the year, and they’ll get five three-day weekends February through June. But those extended weekends aren’t a new vacation benefit. They’re the result of six unpaid furlough days proposed to shave up to $100,000 off the city’s expenses during the remainder of the current ... [Full Story »] 

A Maysville woman returned to the Fuel Mart at Interstate 85 last week just in time to prevent two men from stealing her pickup truck. According to the Commerce Police Department incident report, the woman was parking her tractor-trailer at Fuel Mart and picking up the truck she’d left there. She told officers she noticed an older white male ... [Full Story »] 

Former fire chief Johnny Eubanks has announced plans to run for the Ward 5 seat on the Commerce City Council. The special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Richard Massey will be held Tuesday, March 16. Eubanks, 58, is the first candidate to publicly state his intentions. “I have known Richard all my life and appreciate his ... [Full Story »]