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Jackson approves 2 new taxes

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Friday, July 23. 2010

Any rental car agencies and hotels/motels that locate in Jackson County will now bring in additional tax revenue. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted Monday night to create taxes for both businesses. The car rental tax revenue will be three percent and will be used to provide revenue to fund community and economic development ... [Full Story »]

Whither goeth 'trod'?

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Friday, July 23. 2010

By Willis Cook Words are like tires: they wear out periodically and are replaced by new ones. Take the word “trod” (the past-tense of tread, as in “he trod the boards”). Have you ever heard anyone speak the word trod in ordinary conversation? And yet, it was a perfectly commonplace word 50 or 100 years ago. I just finished a biography ... [Full Story »]

Jackson deputies arrest 32

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Friday, July 23. 2010

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32 people during the past week, including the following: •Elaine Nicole Duke, 40, 260 Spring Street, Commerce, simple battery. •Lafredrick Jermaine Gillespie, 35, 175 Sir Matthew Road, Athens, violation of probation. •Richard Joseph Kuralowicz, 46, 260 Spring Street, Commerce, battery and two ... [Full Story »]

Commerce CRCT scores are up

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Wednesday, July 21. 2010

Like most students across Georgia, those in the Commerce School System had scores mostly better than last year’s test-takers in the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT). Students in first through eighth grade are given the CRCT each spring to test their knowledge of the state’s curriculum, called the Georgia Performance Standards ... [Full Story »]

Goodbye to schools' 'zero tolerance' policy

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Wednesday, July 21. 2010

Cheers to the Jackson County Board of Education for scuttling its “zero tolerance” policy regarding weapons in the school system. Zero tolerance is seldom good policy. It may make the board sound tough on an important issue, but anything that takes away the school administrators’ authority to consider mitigating circumstances is ripe for ... [Full Story »]

Store video leads to theft arrest

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Wednesday, July 21. 2010

A Commerce man got a lot more than he bargained for when he made a $4.43 purchase recently, according to the Commerce Police Department. Rodrick Lonnie Jones, 19, of 6076 Enterprise Street, Millington, TN, finds himself facing charges of entering an auto, financial transaction card fraud and criminal receipt of goods or services. That’s ... [Full Story »]

Ginn, Coley head to runoff in 47th District

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Wednesday, July 21. 2010

Madison County’s Frank Ginn will face Shane Coley, Barrow County, Aug. 10, in the Republican Primary Runoff for the 47th District seat in the State Senate. Ginn polled 44.5 percent of the vote district wide to Coley’s 26.7. Kelley Gary received 17.4 percent and Doug Bower 11.5 percent apiece. In Jackson County, Ginn received 1,315 votes to ... [Full Story »]

What it takes to be a Tiger

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Monday, July 19. 2010

By Brad Brown Several years ago, Coach Ray Lamb wrote an article about what it takes to be a Tiger. I have thought about what he said and the impact that he has had on my life on numerous occasions. I can’t say enough good things about Coach Lamb. I am confident that many feel the same way. After several years of teaching, coaching, being in ... [Full Story »]

Primary elections on tap Tuesday

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Friday, July 16. 2010

Voters will go to the polls Tuesday but only one local race will be on the ballot — the Jackson County Board of Education seat that covers the western and northern end of the county. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Two voting precincts in Jackson County have changed locations. Voters in the Newtown (Nicholson) precinct will ... [Full Story »]

School employee claims discrimination

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Friday, July 16. 2010

An employee in the Commerce School System is claiming injustice in salary disbursement, and she’s willing to take a lie detector test to prove it. Jo An Mayfield, a custodian within the system for 16 years, believes she is the victim of sexual and racial discrimination by the Commerce Board of Education. The issue, which she said she first ... [Full Story »]

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