A man was killed in a three-car accident at the intersection of Hwy. 29, Irvin Kirk Road and Fowler Freeman Road Wednesday. The victim was Arthur White, 74, from Canon. The accident happened at approximately 1:15 p.m. when White, who was traveling north on Hwy. 29, attempted to make a left turn onto Irvin Kirk Road and was struck from behind by ...
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An Athens woman with a large amount of cash in her purse was charged with shoplifting after a customer reportedly spotted her stuffing items into her shirt at the Dollar General store on Glenn Carrie Road recently. Catherine Dianne Ford, 40, 485 Stapler Road, Athens, was arrested by officer Jason Luke on one count of shoplifting. According to ...
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Madison County High School senior Taylor Hall has been named this year’s STAR student. He selected Latana Coile, his AP U.S. History teacher at MCHS as his STAR teacher. This is the sixth time Coile has been selected by a Madison County student as their STAR teacher. The pair was honored at a Madison County Chamber of Commerce breakfast this ...
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Madison County schools could start a week later than usual for the 2012-13 school year, if a tentative school calendar is approved later this spring. Superintendent Dr. Allen McCannon presented the calendar, which has school beginning for students on Friday, Aug. 10. McCannon said school could start a week later than that if the county does not ...
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The City of Ila plans to ask Charter Communications if they would be interested in a franchise agreement. The council asked city clerk Susan Steed to contact the cable company at their February meeting. Also during that meeting, the council heard that Mayor Mike Coile planned to send a letter to the Rural Development Committee (RDC) requesting ...
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A woman on Oak Circle reported that one of two men who came to her house recently selling meat has been threatening her. According to the incident report, the woman said a black male and a white male came to her house to sell meat and she let them in her home. She said the black man took off his jacket while they were showing her the meat and ...
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The Madison County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 27, in the county government complex. Agenda items include: •Chairman’s report. •Business involving guests, groups or multiple visitors. Will Mauldin, President of the Madison County Rotary Club, request to the board to consider a proclamation for the month of ...
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When a disaster strikes, help is needed immediately — not days after the fact. And Madison County citizens are leading an effort to gather relief supplies for the victims of the next severe storm. “We don’t know where the next storm is going to be,” said Jody Blackmon, who initiated the Rolling Relief effort after last year’s ...
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A tornado watch is in effect until 4 p.m. Friday for Madison County, Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dekalb, Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson, Oconee and Rockdale counties.
A Commerce man has been arrested and charged in connection with a string of copper wire thefts in six area churches, as well as six residences, over the past two weeks. Michael Allen Harbert, 28, 112 Loggins Trail, was taken into custody Thursday, according to chief deputy Shawn Burns. Burns said they believe Harbert is connected to copper ...
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