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The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 45 people during the past week, including the following: •Daniel Jesse Bell, 24, 809 Ednaville Road, Braselton, violation of probation. •William Earl Holman Sr., 64, 312 Bakers Farm Circle, Braselton, enticing a child for indecent purpose and three counts of child molestation. •Johnathon ... [Full Story »] 

If voters give their approval in November, pennies could add up to big bucks for governments in Jackson County. Commerce officials have figured out how they plan to spend over $4 million of special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) money during the next six years. Of course, they won’t get to spend any of it unless voters pass a ... [Full Story »] 

The ink is barely dry on Georgia’s 2010-11 budget, but warnings are already sounding that school systems could face another six to eight percent cuts in Quality Basic Education funding by next January. That’s the prediction a Georgia state Board of Education member gave school superintendents in Atlanta, according to Mac McCoy, Commerce’s ... [Full Story »] 

An Athens woman who allegedly shoplifted $227 worth of materials from CVS Pharmacy last week in order to “look pretty” didn’t get to use them before officials took her booking photo at the Jackson County Jail. The Commerce Police Department incident report said an officer was summoned to CVS where the store manager had Casey Lynn Teague, ... [Full Story »] 

On a 4-2 vote Monday night, the Commerce City Council approved a $24.9 million 2010-11 budget that will require three-quarters of a mill of property taxes. The vote, which followed weeks of often-agonized debate about how to deal with falling revenue, came with almost no discussion. In approving a document that calls for $358,000 in property ... [Full Story »]