Entries from May 2010

Negotiations ongoing for service delivery deal

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
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 »] 

No drivers found at scene of accident

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Friday, May 28. 2010
Firefighters called to a two-car accident Thursday found a car in flames, but no drivers and no passengers. Just before midnight on May 27, communication officers received numerous phone calls reporting a motor vehicle collision on Matthew School Road near Lloyd Blakely Road. Barrow Ladder 7 and Med 7 responded to the scene. Firefighters found ... [Full Story »] 

Edna Matthews

Posted by
MainStreetNewsOBITS
Friday, May 28. 2010
NICHOLSON – Edna Matthews, 88, died Thursday, May 27, 2010. Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Harold Matthews; daughters, Carol Sue Matthews and Carolyn Denise Matthews; and a son, Daniel Clarence Matthews. Survivors include daughters, Donna M. Fortson, Nicholson, and Patricia Ayers, Lavonia; a son, Harold ... [Full Story »] 

Larimer Leaves East Jackson

Posted by
MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, May 28. 2010
East Jackson girls’ basketball coach Amy Larimer is leaving EJCHS. Larimer said she will go to Walnut Grove in Walton County next year, where she will serve as the department head for physical education and as a basketball coach. She will also coach middle school softball. Larimer has served as the head basketball coach for the Lady Eagles ... [Full Story »] 

Man arrested for being a ‘peeping tom’ at store

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
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

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
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.

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
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

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
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

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
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 »] 

Man wanted by BCSO captured at Hartsfield

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Friday, May 28. 2010
A Minnesota man who brutally attacked his ex-girlfriend failed in his attempt to leave the state after the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office alerted authorities at Hartsfield-Jackson International airport to be on the lookout for him. Ahmed Ibrahim Alishire, 22, of 11348 Minnetonka Mills Road, Minn. is facing numerous charges in connection with ... [Full Story »] 
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