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Jackson County’s third confirmed case of rabies in 2012 occurred last week when a raccoon found in the Lebanon Church Road area near the Clarke County line tested positive for rabies. Two dogs came in contact with the raccoon and are being quarantined. The two other cases involved a cow reported the previous week in the Unity Church Road area ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce City Council is starting the process of replacing soon-to-retire city manager Clarence Bryant. The council is expected to vote next Monday night to hire Tom Berry, a veteran city manager, to both be the interim city manager and to serve as the city’s headhunter in replacing Bryant. The council met with Berry for two and a half ... [Full Story »] 

Tennis courts and a playground are among the projects to be funded with special purpose local options sales tax revenue. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will vote at 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20, on a request to allocate $200,000 from SPLOST 5, approved by voters in 2010, for the projects. At a work session Monday night, the ... [Full Story »] 

A man and a juvenile boy face theft by taking charges after they allegedly loaded an electric grocery shopping cart into their truck and drove away. The mistake they made, according to the Commerce Police Department, was stealing it from a store across the street from where they lived. Police were called to Quality Foods, Maysville Road, where ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce Police Department has issued arrest warrants for a 42-year-old Commerce man who allegedly emptied a canister of pepper spray into the face of an officer the night of Wednesday, Jan. 25. Brantley Kip Cowart, 196 Leachman Road, fled the area, but in a tussle with an officer — in which the officer also dropped his firearm — Cowart ... [Full Story »]