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Once-unconscious man runs from cops after waking

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Wednesday, August 18. 2010

A Hoschton man found unconscious and cold to the touch in a yard later took off running from police and tried assaulting two officers, according to an incident report. Braselton officers were on the scene at a W. Jefferson Street address in Hoschton, where family members reported finding Jacob Hugh Nash, 20, unconscious, unresponsive and cold ... [Full Story »]

Additional teachers needed for classes

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Sunday, August 15. 2010

The Jackson County Board of Education approved the hiring of additional teachers on Monday to accommodate packed classrooms for the new school year. After looking at district-wide enrollment numbers for the 2010-2011 school year, the county school system needs to fill three kindergarten and three third grade positions, according to personnel ... [Full Story »]

$5 debt leads to slashed tires

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Sunday, August 15. 2010

A woman who didn’t get her $5 from a man that owed her the cash apparently slashed the tires on the man’s vehicle, according to a report from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The Jackson Trail Road, Hoschton, man said the woman came to his house on Wednesday, Aug. 4, demanding that he pay her the $5 that he owed her. If he didn’t ... [Full Story »]

Drop in digest to cost schools $2.4 million

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Friday, August 13. 2010

A major drop in the county’s tax digest will eat away at the Jackson County School System’s recent budget surplus by $2.4 million, according to officials. District officials recently announced that the school system ended the 2010 fiscal year on June 30 with a $3.3 million surplus — after starting the 2009-2010 school year with a ... [Full Story »]

DOT to discuss four-year project plans

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Friday, August 13. 2010

The Georgia Department of Transportation will hold an open house to discuss a four-year plan for several Northeast Georgia counties. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 17, from 5-7 p.m., at the Jackson County Fire Training Center, located at 64 Fowler Drive, Jefferson. At the meeting, 13 non-metropolitan counties — including Jackson ... [Full Story »]

JCWSA offers cheaper fix for new water lines

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Friday, August 13. 2010

With no new sales tax revenue on the horizon and virtually no customer growth, the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority is searching for cheap ways to add customers. So, when it meets Thursday night at 6:30, the authority will consider a new policy allowing it to run PVC water lines as small as two inches into un-served neighborhoods ... [Full Story »]

Firefighters respond to van fire on Hwy. 332

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Friday, August 13. 2010

West Jackson firefighters arriving to a van on fire at the intersection of Ga. Hwy. 332 and Ga. Hwy. 124 could see black smoke rising from the area before they arrived on the scene, according to an incident report. The van was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived at the Hoschton intersection around 4 p.m. on Monday. Firefighters ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Never mind the brakes

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Friday, August 13. 2010

People in Georgia are driving too slowly. At least that is what state officials and trauma care advocates seem to think. According to a recent article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, state officials are disappointed that the new “super speeder” law has not been the cash cow they hoped it would be. The super speeder law went into effect ... [Full Story »]

Truckers arrested after fight in Braselton

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Wednesday, August 11. 2010

Three people were arrested for fighting at a truck stop, according to Braselton police. The incident started when a truck driver said two other drivers helped him back his truck into a parking space at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. Hwy. 53, according to an incident report. After that, the two drivers asked the first driver to join them in one ... [Full Story »]

Man found in reservoir believed to have drowned

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Wednesday, August 11. 2010

A man found in the Bear Creek Reservoir Sunday afternoon is believed to have accidentally drowned. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, a body was discovered floating in a cove that flows into the Bear Creek Reservoir, located on Providence Road, by neighbors. The body was recovered and transported to the State Crime Lab for an autopsy. He has ... [Full Story »]

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