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AutoZone employee caught stealing

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Friday, August 12. 2011

An employee of a local auto parts store could face felony theft by taking charges, according to an incident report filed last week by the Commerce Police Department. The report said an officer talked with a loss prevention manager for AutoZone, who said he was investigating an employee of the Homer Road store for stealing merchandise. The ... [Full Story »]

Paula Hardy, retired educator, mayor's wife, dies

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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

Paula Niven Hardy, wife of Commerce Mayor Charles L. Hardy Jr., died Sunday morning at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, following an extended illness. She was retired after teaching first grade for 32 years at Commerce Elementary School (now Commerce Primary School), and she and Mayor Hardy had been married for 49 years. The ... [Full Story »]

Birth rate to teens is falling

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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

The rate of births to teenage girls in Jackson County is at its lowest point in more than three decades, according to data presented to the Jackson County Board of Health last week. Only two of the seven board members were present to receive the good news, however. The board lacked a quorum as only members Archie D. Chaney Jr. and Henry Slocum ... [Full Story »]

City police make 4 DUI cases

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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

After making just one DUI (driving under the influence) arrest during July, the Commerce Police Department charged four men with DUI during the past week — two of them in one vehicle. That occurred on Harris Street where an officer who happened to be at Haynes Salvage Yard when a truck full of scrap metal pulled in. Someone familiar with the ... [Full Story »]

'Positive' coliform result leads city to issue water advisory

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Friday, August 5. 2011

The man in charge of Commerce’s water system professes to being mystified about water test results indicating two routine water samples tested positive for “total coliform.” “I can’t explain it and the EPD folks can’t either,” said Bryan Harbin, Commerce’s director of water and sewer operations of the June 20 samples. By state ... [Full Story »]

In spite of drought, Bear Creek Reservoir is full

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Friday, August 5. 2011

Officials are keeping close tabs on the Bear Creek Reservoir as the 2011 drought continues, but so far the reservoir appears to be suffering no ill effects of a drought that continues to ravage much of the state. “The reservoir is full,” noted Chris Thomas, who chairs the Operations Committee of the Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority, which ... [Full Story »]

Altered crime story may bring charges

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Friday, August 5. 2011

A man who concocted a false story about being attacked with a baseball bat could face charges, according to the Commerce Police Department. Officers responded to Don’s Used Cars, Maysville Road, where a 28-year-old white male with blood all over his shirt said two men attacked him with a baseball bat at the Flying J travel center, Maysville ... [Full Story »]

Hill brokers deal for free recycling program

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Wednesday, August 3. 2011

Thanks to the persistence of Ward 4 city councilman Clark Hill, Commerce residents will have the opportunity to recycle most of their household refuse. City manager Clarence Bryant told the city council at its Monday night work session that Hill had talked Waste Management into providing a recycling bin to be placed at the Public Works ... [Full Story »]

It's back to school for Jackson, Commerce kids

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Wednesday, August 3. 2011

The end – of summer vacation — is near for local students. The Jackson County School System cranks up its 2011-12 school year on Thursday and the Commerce School System will follow on Monday. Jefferson students got an early start this past Monday. Commerce expects approximately 1,500 students, while Jackson County anticipates about 7,200 ... [Full Story »]

City police foil 'kidnapping'

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Wednesday, August 3. 2011

Officers of the Commerce Police Department stopped a kidnapping last week and helped reunite two juveniles with their mother in Smyrna. Lt. Travis Jarrell said officers received a lookout from the Smyrna Police Department that Israel James Curiel, 39, of Salisbury, NC, had driven down to Smyrna, picked up his two children and was headed back to ... [Full Story »]

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