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Rainy season takes toll on county roads

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Friday, January 15. 2010

Madison County has 115 to 120 miles of dirt roads. Naturally, 35.14 inches of rainfall on those roads over the past four months has led to some unexpected mudbogging in Madison County. There have been road closings, recurring pipe problems, trees in roadways, ditches that repeatedly fill with debris, drainage problems that only show up when the ... [Full Story »]

South Carolina man charged with pedestrian under the influence

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Friday, January 15. 2010

A Belton, South Carolina man was arrested early recently after he was found walking along a Madison County road while intoxicated. James Rudolph Robinson Jr., 47, 1420 Big Creek Road, was charged with one count of pedestrian under the influence of alcohol. According to the incident report, Deputy Dennis Harbison was dispatched to the ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: State gov’ts can bypass Congress

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Thursday, January 14. 2010

Every year Congress is presented with numerous proposals for Constitutional amerndments, but only rarely does one see the light of day. Most are greeted with the statement “Congress will never allow that to happen.” But there is another way to amend the Constitution other than action by Congress. Here is a partial list of recent suggestions ... [Full Story »]

Madison Co. BOC to meet Thursday

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Wednesday, January 13. 2010

The Madison County Board of Commissioners will meet at 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 14, at the county government complex. Agenda items include: •Statements and remarks from citizens on the agenda item. •Consider the purchase of three vehicles for the sheriff’s department (Sheriff Kip Thomas). •Consider signing grant for training facility for ... [Full Story »]

New mayor takes office in Colbert

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Wednesday, January 13. 2010

For the first time in 41 years a new mayor conducted the meeting of the Colbert City Council. After opening the Jan. 4 meeting and disposing of old business, outgoing Mayor John Waggoner swore in new Mayor Chris Peck and slipped into his new role. Waggoner is not through in Colbert. He has been named city advisor. He offered to do anything the ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: Maybe the preamble should be amended

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Wednesday, January 13. 2010

Dear Editor: Is the United States Constitution being ignored? Maybe it should be updated to reflect our current circumstances (the original words are in parenthesis): We, the big, powerful and greedy businesses and the obscenely wealthy individuals (the people), of the United States of America, in order to form a more perfect monopoly (union), ... [Full Story »]

Comer agrees to do ‘full audit’ of finances

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Tuesday, January 12. 2010

Comer city council got down to business Jan. 4 with new Mayor David McMickle and council member Jimmy Yarbrough on board for their first meeting. The council voted to conduct a “full-audit” of the city’s finances, instead of a less-detailed “cash audit,” and to have it done by an independent auditor, instead of the city’s regular ... [Full Story »]

LETTER: UGA coach opposed to incinerator

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Tuesday, January 12. 2010

Dear Editor: I am writing you as a resident and landowner of Elbert County and one who is strongly opposed to the incinerator and the landfill that will be going in close to the Broad River and very close to our place of residence. The incinerator would burn hundreds and maybe even thousands of tons of solid waste material to include items like ... [Full Story »]

Colbert man faces family violence charge

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Tuesday, January 12. 2010

A Colbert man was arrested after he allegedly struck his girlfriend during an altercation at her duplex apartment on Foote McClellan Road. Juan Antonio Mederos, 32, 194 Madison Avenue, Colbert, was charged with one count of battery FVA. In another incident, burglary was reported on Neese-Commerce Road after a woman told deputies that someone ... [Full Story »]

Man arrested after fleeing from deputy

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Friday, January 8. 2010

A Commerce man was arrested after he fled from a deputy trying to pull him over for speeding (63 mph in a 45 mph zone) on Neese Commerce Road. Josepha Kyle Evans, 20, 3572 Hwy. 98 West, was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude, speeding, reckless driving, driving on wrong side of the road and failure to stop at a stop sign. According to ... [Full Story »]

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