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BREAKING NEWS: County's fire radio down along with Winder police, fire and city hall phones

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Wednesday, March 28. 2012

Details are sketchy this afternoon, but it appears that a city contractor digging a ditch for a sewer line behind Winder's public safety buildings accidentally cut underground utility lines, totally disabling the county's fire radio base station at the city fire department, along with the phone system for the Winder Fire Department, the Winder ... [Full Story »]

BREAKING NEWS: County's fire radio goes down along with Winder police, fire and city hall phones

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BarrowJournal

Wednesday, March 28. 2012

A city contractor digging a ditch for a sewer line behind Winder's public safety buildings accidentally severed one or more underground utility lines, totally disabling for hours the county's fire radio base station that is located at the city fire department, along with the phone system for the Winder Fire Department, the Winder Police ... [Full Story »]

County's fire radio goes down along with Winder police, fire and city hall phones

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BarrowJournal

Wednesday, March 28. 2012

A contractor digging a ditch for a sewer line behind Winder's public safety buildings accidentally severed an underground utility line, totally disabling for three hours the main base station used for city and county fire communications, along with the phone system for the Winder Fire Department, the Winder Police Department and Winder City ... [Full Story »]

New bill outlaws all synthetic pot, affects proposed BOE recommendation

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BarrowJournal

Tuesday, March 27. 2012

Gov. Nathan Deal's Tuesday signing of legislation outlawing all forms of synthetic marijuana in the state of Georgia affected a Barrow County Board of Education meeting also held March 27. The issue of synthetic pot had been brought up in recent school leader meetings in Barrow County and was discussed at the Tuesday meeting. The proposed ... [Full Story »]

Braselton police looking for teenager

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Tuesday, March 27. 2012

The Braselton Police Department is looking for a teenager who was initially reported as missing, but is now considered a runaway juvenile. Ashley Jarrard, 16, last spoke to her family members in Braselton on Saturday, after partying with friends on Friday night, according to assistant police chief Lou Solis. Her family was speaking to Braselton ... [Full Story »]

Missing man found dead

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BarrowJournal

Monday, March 26. 2012

A missing Barrow County man that was the focus of a large search last week was found dead in a creek bed on Saturday, according to the sheriff’s office. James Gunter Sr., 51, was last seen on Monday, March 19, as he walked along Freeman Johnson Road. Family members called the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office on March 20 to report him as ... [Full Story »]

County offices requesting $620,000 in capital purchases

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BarrowJournal

Monday, March 26. 2012

Three departments are coming to the Barrow County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night with capital requests totaling about $620,000. Most are among the capital items to be purchased with the proceeds of low-interest $1.2 million lease-purchase financing from Chase Equipment Finance. The BOC approved the financing in January. Barrow County ... [Full Story »]

Fire chief not using available radio unit

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BarrowJournal

Monday, March 26. 2012

A few days after learning from a reporter that Barrow County Emergency Services was lacking a radio transmitter to back up emergency fire communications, Jackson County’s director of public safety loaned one to Barrow County. “It’s the very same radio they had that went bad,” said director Steve Nichols. “They’ll have to reconfigure ... [Full Story »]

BES pilots process for school uniform debate

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BarrowJournal

Monday, March 26. 2012

Will Barrow County students be forced to wear uniforms to school? Not this year at least and maybe not ever — the issue has been a hot topic, both in the community and at recent meetings at the school and cluster levels. However, the ones who are making the ultimate decision — those on the Barrow County Board of Education — aren’t even ... [Full Story »]

Local schools look at issue concerning legal synthetic pot

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Monday, March 26. 2012

School leaders are trying to raise awareness about legal synthetic marijuana that is getting into the hands — and lungs — of local kids in grades as young as middle school. In a meeting last week, Russell Middle School principal Rob Johnson told other principals, parents and community members that the potentially lethal and otherwise ... [Full Story »]

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