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Family members of the two people injured Sunday when a downtown building burned said the victims were living there with the knowledge and permission of the owner. Joseph Hodges and Michelle Williams were pulled unconscious from the fire and transported to the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, where they remain in critical condition. ... [Full Story »] 

Sometimes it takes a fresh perspective to point out the obvious. Such was the case last week when about 30 Commerce High School environmental science students briefed the Commerce City Council about problems at the city reservoir. Certainly the city was aware of the litter. Surely city workers have long observed the muddy roads and noted the ... [Full Story »] 

Two Commerce businesses detected, and confiscated, counterfeit bills last week, according to the Commerce Police Department. In the first case, a clerk at Autozone told police that Thursday a slender black male with a big black coat attempted to purchase a bottle of fuel cleaner with a fake $50 bill. The clerk told the man he would call police ... [Full Story »] 

By Mark Beardsley The Commerce Fire Department pulled two unconscious people from a burning building Sunday afternoon in the 1800 block of North Broad Street. The condition of the victims, a male and female, was not immediately known. Both were taken to BJC Hospital and the woman was subsequently airlifted to an Atlanta hospital, according to ... [Full Story »] 

By Mark Beardsley The Commerce Fire Department pulled two unconscious people from a burning building Sunday afternoon in the 1800 block of North Broad Street. The victims, a male and a female in their 50s, are both in critical condition in the burn unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, according to Steve Nichols, director of Jackson County ... [Full Story »] 

It’s time to “spring forward” into Daylight Saving Time (DST) again. The time change occurs Sunday morning at 2 a.m., when the time will “spring forward” one hour to 3:00 even though spring itself follows a week later. The principal effect — aside from losing an hour of sleep that day — is that the sun will rise and set one hour ... [Full Story »]