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Graduation test results drop for one school

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Sunday, May 30. 2010

The percentage of juniors passing a state-mandated graduation test dropped dramatically at East Jackson Comprehensive High School. Students taking the test at the school this spring failed at a higher rate than last year’s students and were under the overall state average in all four subject areas. At Jackson County Comprehensive High School, ... [Full Story »]

County gets ‘Work Ready’ status

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Sunday, May 30. 2010

Howard Ledford, director of instruction at Lanier Technical College, can relax now. “We did it,” Ledford told the board of directors of the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce last Friday. “We’re over the top. We’re a certified work ready community. We’ll be hearing from the governor soon.” Ledford chaired the chamber’s ... [Full Story »]

‘Friend’ gets beating, mom hits him with car

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Sunday, May 30. 2010

A 19-year-old man beat his friend while he was walking home along a roadway, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The friend — also 19 years old — said he was at the suspect’s house on Elias Hayes Road, Hoschton, when he said he wanted a ride home. The suspect refused to give his friend a ride because he didn’t have ... [Full Story »]

Early voting for primary election starts June 7

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Friday, May 28. 2010

Early voting for the July 20 election will be held June 7 through July 9. Voters may cast a ballot from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays in the Administration Building in Jefferson. The only local race is in the West and North Jackson areas for the District 5 seat on the Jackson County Board of Education. Steven Bryant and Randall ... [Full Story »]

Negotiations ongoing for service delivery deal

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Friday, May 28. 2010

Officials from local governments all over Jackson County continue to discuss the details of local shared service agreements. No major changes are being discussed at this time, but among items being considered for shared service are animal control services, jail services, road services and libraries. The most discussed topic at the Thursday ... [Full Story »]

Man arrested for being a ‘peeping tom’ at store

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Friday, May 28. 2010

A Braselton man was arrested by police for stalking and peeping up a woman’s skirt with a mirror he placed in a grocery store basket. Clinton Richard Rhodes, 36, was charged with stalking, peeping tom and eavesdropping in the May 9 incident at the Publix on Ga. Hwy. 211. He was booked in the Barrow County Jail on May 18. Braselton police ... [Full Story »]

EDITORIAL: Developer’s games won’t stop coverage

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Friday, May 28. 2010

People often attempt to intimidate this newspaper to color its reporting to suit their own personal agendas. It happens when people call and threaten to sue because they got arrested and their name was in the paper. “I’m going to call my lawyer,” they say, as if that kind of “threat” will cower us. It doesn’t. It’s the same thing ... [Full Story »]

Memorial Day program set Mon.

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Friday, May 28. 2010

A Memorial Day program will be held Monday, May 31, at 9 a.m., at the historic Jackson County Courthouse in downtown Jefferson. The Albert Gordon, Post 56, of the American Legion, Jefferson, is hosting the event, which is expected to be completed at 10 a.m. Jackson County residents are welcomed to attend. The ceremony will feature the posting ... [Full Story »]

Burning vehicle traveling on road reported

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Friday, May 28. 2010

A burning vehicle was spotted by several motorists along Ga. Hwy. 124, according to the West Jackson Fire Department. The fire department said burning rubber was found in the roadway. The fire was extinguished and firefighters continued along Ga. Hwy. 124, looking for a car on fire. Motorists had called 911 to report that a vehicle driving on ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: A disaster of our own making

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Friday, May 28. 2010

An accident. That’s how billionaire investor Warren Buffett almost cavalierly described the ongoing oil spill caused by the recent destruction of the Deepwater Horizon. An accident is what happens when a BP oil executive crashes his Jaguar on the way to the golf course. What is taking place in the Gulf of Mexico is a catastrophe. Buffett was ... [Full Story »]

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