Entries from March 2010

Vehicles on neighborhood street vandalized

Posted by
JacksonHeraldTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
At least eight vehicles parked on the same residential street in Hoschton were targeted by thieves, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. Residents along Reece Drive in the Whitaker Downs subdivision said someone entered their vehicles between the evening hours on Sunday, March 21, and the early morning hours of Monday, March 22. ... [Full Story »] 

Consolidated fire services discussed

Posted by
JacksonHeraldTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
It’s been a long-questioned — but politically sensitive — issue in Jackson County. Should the county have a consolidated fire department, instead of nine districts and two cities with their own fire departments? Arcade Mayor Doug Haynie posed the question during negotiations with Jackson County and its nine cities on shared services in ... [Full Story »] 

BOE looks at 40 positions in layoff plan

Posted by
JacksonHeraldTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
About 40 teaching and non-teaching positions are on the Jackson County Board of Education’s list of potential positions to be eliminated next school year. The board spent an hour behind closed doors on Monday to discuss personnel — namely which jobs to trim from the school system’s cash-strapped 2011 general fund budget, which starts July ... [Full Story »] 

Bus driver accused of soliciting teen for sex

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
A former Barrow County School system bus driver who was terminated last week for “inappropriate contact” with a student has been accused of soliciting sex from a 16-year-old student. The student’s stepfather contacted police after learning his stepdaughter and the bus driver had been texting each other. The stepfather said he sent a text ... [Full Story »] 

Stabbing suspect arrested in Braselton

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
A man suspected of stabbing two people in Sandy Springs was arrested on Friday in Braselton, according to police. Kenneth Dunn Horton, 19, Fairburn, was wanted in the Friday morning incident in which he stole a car after assaulting two people, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . A statewide lookout was posted for Horton and the ... [Full Story »] 

Officials discuss consolidating fire services in county

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
It’s been a long-questioned — but politically sensitive — issue in Jackson County. Should the county have a consolidated fire department, instead of nine districts and two cities with their own fire departments? Arcade Mayor Doug Haynie posed the question during negotiations with Jackson County and its nine cities on shared services in ... [Full Story »] 

Arrest made in arson investigation

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
An Auburn man has been arrested in connection with a Tuesday morning trailer fire. Just before 4 a.m. on March 30, a trailer fire was reported at 64 Main Street in Auburn. Engines 4 and 7, Med 4 and Battalion 1 responded to the scene. First arriving crews found a singlewide trailer that was over fifty percent involved with the fire spreading ... [Full Story »] 

Henry Doster

Posted by
MainStreetNewsOBITS
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
JEFFERSON - Henry Homer Doster, 69, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Born August 25, 1940, in Jackson County, he was the son of the late, Homer Lee and Norma Reynolds Doster.╩ He served many years as the Jackson County Tax Commissioner and was owner of Doster and Doster Builders. Mr. Doster was a member of Galilee Christian Church, and ... [Full Story »] 

Noise complaint among incidents reported

Posted by
BanksNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
The Banks County Sheriff’s Office investigated several incidents during the past week including reports of livestock in the roadway, loud noise complaints and harassing phone calls. Incidents reported were: •livestock in the roadway on Gray Hill Drive. •assist Alto Police Department with a person fleeing on Bob White Trail. •loud noise ... [Full Story »] 

Schaefer always a worthy political adversary

Posted by
BanksNewsTODAY
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
There were few things Nancy Schaefer and I agreed on politically. Oh, I guess if you dug deep enough you would have found that we actually agreed on some issues such as gun ownership, property rights and keeping taxes low. However, those were not the issues she pushed or championed. Instead, Schaefer chose to use her political clout to try and ... [Full Story »] 
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