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Monday, February 28. 2011

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STARs, teachers to be honored Monday

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Sunday, February 27. 2011

Jackson County will recognize its brightest high school students and its best teachers next Monday. The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual STAR Student/Teacher Teacher of the Year Reception at 5:30 p.m. at the Commerce campus of Lanier Technical College, South Elm Street. STAR students are chosen on the basis of their ... [Full Story »]

Gary Black to speak at chamber breakfast

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Friday, February 25. 2011

Georgia’s new agriculture commissioner will see a lot of familiar faces in the audience when he addresses the membership of the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning. Gary Black, from Commerce, will speak at the 7:30 a.m. function at the Jackson EMC auditorium, Jefferson. Black operates a farm near Commerce and is the ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Addressing the financial gerbil in the room

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Friday, February 25. 2011

It’s hard to know what to think as the Republican majority in the House of Representatives takes up the issue of trimming government spending. We need spending cuts. We want spending cuts, but that’s about all we agree on. Like a 500-pound man who’s put on 25 pounds a year and sees reducing the annual weight gain to 20 pounds as a ... [Full Story »]

Shoplifter faces two drug charges

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Friday, February 25. 2011

A man suspected of shoplifting at Fred’s, South Elm Street, wound up with much more serious charges against him after he was found to be in possession of a prescription drug without a prescription, according to the Commerce Police Department. An officer was summoned to the store because of a shoplifting call. He entered the store, heard ... [Full Story »]

Shoplifter faces two drug charges

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Friday, February 25. 2011

Officer arrested for misuse of GCIC database

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Thursday, February 24. 2011

A Commerce police officer faces a felony charge after he allegedly ran a tag number on the Georgia Crime Information Center for reasons unrelated to police work. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested officer Matthew Scott Rogers, 44, Tuesday on a charge of criminal invasion of privacy. He was released from the Jackson County Jail on ... [Full Story »]

Officer arrested for misuse of GCIC database

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Thursday, February 24. 2011

Officer arrested for misuse of GCIC database

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Thursday, February 24. 2011

Chamber endorses ELOST

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Wednesday, February 23. 2011

The board of directors of the Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce threw its support behind passage of the next round of Education Local Option Sales Tax (ELOST) Friday. The board voted unanimously to promote the passage of a March 15 referendum that could pump up to $100 million into the county’s three school systems over the next five ... [Full Story »]

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