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City closes blood-splattered Harmony Grove Grille

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

The city of Commerce closed the Harmony Grove Grille Monday after city police found one of the restaurant’s owners asleep amidst blood on the restaurant floor. It turned out that co-owner Hal Walsh had apparently cut his hand severely. He and Reggie Pittman, identified as the grill’s sous chef, were sleeping off the previous night’s ... [Full Story »]

School board shortens Commerce school year

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

Commerce students’ summer break just got longer. Faced with either laying off teachers or shortening next school year, the Commerce Board of Education will reduce the 2010-2011 school calendar by 10 days. Students will attend class 170 days. Teachers will work 180. Though the school system won’t fill the positions of employees leaving, it ... [Full Story »]

Heath district considering Jackson teen clinic

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

The Northeast Health District is in the preliminary stages of determining whether it can locate a teen clinic in an unused portion of the old Jackson County Health Department building in Jefferson. The clinic — similar to teen clinics in Madison, Walton and Clarke counties — would offer services that could include family planning, pap ... [Full Story »]

A better choice than laying off teachers

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

Shortening the school year by 10 days is not ideal, but for the Commerce City School System, that’s a better option than laying off teachers. A small system, Commerce could not make the kind of staff cuts it would have taken to operate under its reduced state funding without seriously affecting its ability to provide basic education. Even ... [Full Story »]

Health district considering Jackson teen clinic

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Wednesday, May 12. 2010

City faces $460,000 revenue gap

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Wednesday, May 5. 2010

The Commerce City Council got its first look at a draft of a 2010-11 city budget, and it isn’t pretty. The council, three members of whom have not been through the budget process before, faces the unpleasant task of closing a $461,000 revenue gap in the General Fund to balance the budget. The document contains no electric or gas rate ... [Full Story »]

Local option sales tax revenue up over 2009

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Wednesday, May 5. 2010

It’s a little early to call it a trend, but for the first two months of 2010, Jackson County’s proceeds from the local option sales tax are well ahead of the 2009 pace. Fiscal analyst Logan Propes reports that the county has taken in $187,057 more for the first two months of 2010 than for January and February of 2009, an increase of 27 ... [Full Story »]

No politicians' booths at City Lights Festival

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Wednesday, May 5. 2010

Several members of the Commerce Downtown Development Authority appear to favor letting politicians purchase booths at the June 26 City Lights Festival. The idea was that since the politicians “will be there anyway” to encourage them to rent booth space. That’s a horrible idea, counter to what the festival is all about. Politicians of all ... [Full Story »]

Father kills two kids, self

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Wednesday, May 5. 2010

A Jackson County man allegedly killed two young children before shooting himself Monday afternoon. Murder-suicide has been ruled in the death of Keith Jerome Gresham, 36, and two children, ages 4 and 7. Gresham apparently shot himself after killing the two children. Gresham was found inside a vehicle in a secluded area off of Old Woods Bridge ... [Full Story »]

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