News from BarrowJournal - Topics from August, 2011

Late filing fees likely to be waived

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BarrowJournal
Friday, August 5. 2011
Local officials facing hundreds or even thousands of dollars in fines for missing one or more of the state’s deadlines for filing 2011 campaign and personal financial reports may get a reprieve. Patrick Millsaps, a Camilla attorney who chairs the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission, told the Barrow Journal this ... [Full Story »] 

Schools prep for nearly 13,000 students

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BarrowJournal
Friday, August 5. 2011
The first day of a new school year is right around the corner and school leaders are expecting nearly 13,000 students when school doors open next week. Barrow County students will start the 2011-12 school year Monday, Aug. 8, at 7:45 a.m. to 2:25 p.m. for elementary school students; 8:20 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. for high school students; and 8:35 a.m. ... [Full Story »] 

Three seriously injured in Ga. Hwy. 316 overturn Tuesday

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 4. 2011
An SUV carrying eight people swerved to miss another vehicle and overturned on Tuesday leaving three people hospitalized with serious injuries, the Georgia State Patrol reported. The driver, a 35-year-old Clarkston man, was taken to Barrow Regional Medical Center with serious injuries. Other serious injuries were reportedly sustained by an ... [Full Story »] 

Budget endgame looming; Yearwood speaks to committee, then leaves

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 4. 2011
The committee that last week reached a consensus about raising the county government’s ad valorem tax rate by 24 percent met again Tuesday to try to whittle down the possible 2.47-mill rate hike. The committee has only one more meeting coming up on Tuesday, Aug. 9, at 9:30 a.m. At that meeting, it will finalize its recommendations on the size ... [Full Story »] 

Winder to televise both monthly meetings

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 4. 2011
After getting used to its televised monthly voting sessions, the Winder City Council Tuesday night voted to begin televising its more substantive work sessions starting in October. Councilman David Maynard broached the subject during Monday night’s meeting and asked that the topic be added to the agenda of Tuesday’s voting session. He said ... [Full Story »] 

BOE approves district proposal map

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BarrowJournal
Thursday, August 4. 2011
The Barrow County Board of Education unanimously approved a recommended board district map Tuesday night. The map approved was the “census tract” version. The move will keep all current BOE members within their existing districts. It is the same map adopted by the board of commissioners last week, meaning both BOE and BOC districts will be ... [Full Story »] 

Todd Orr bails on appeal hearing

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BarrowJournal
Wednesday, August 3. 2011
Former Barrow County fire lieutenant Todd Orr decided minutes before the start of Wednesday morning's Personnel Review Board hearing not to go forward with the appeal of his January termination from Barrow County Emergency Services. Orr and a relative were inside the hearing room at the county government’s administration building, but left ... [Full Story »] 

Death of Lynn's first wife being probed by GBI

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BarrowJournal
Wednesday, August 3. 2011
Despite the possibility of reopening investigation into the deaths of suspected murderer James Morris Lynn’s first wife, the GBI is firmly concentrating on the continuing investigation of the Barrow County murder of Tonya Faye Royster Lynn, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said. Tonya Lynn’s funeral is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday. The GBI is ... [Full Story »] 

Orr faces new probe; appeal hearing set Wed.

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BarrowJournal
Tuesday, August 2. 2011
Two months after avoiding a felony conviction in connection from a 2010 Christmas Day shooting that led to the amputation of his pregnant daughter’s arm, former Barrow County fire lieutenant Todd Orr is under a new investigation for allegedly telling his estranged wife Saturday night that he should have blown her head off. Meanwhile, Orr ... [Full Story »] 

Stolen hot air balloon leads to several arrests

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BarrowJournal
Tuesday, August 2. 2011
A Barrow County man is still at large after his daughter and seven other people have been charged with stealing a hot air balloon from a Gwinnett County residence last month, Gwinnett Police released Monday. On July 5, an enclosed trailer containing the balloon and supporting equipment, which was valued at around $70,000, was stolen from a home ... [Full Story »] 
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