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Cash, drugs found during traffic stop in Braselton

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Thursday, March 8. 2012

Braselton police seized a large amount of cash during a traffic stop on Interstate 85 in which two people were arrested on drug charges, according to an incident report. An officer initially stopped a vehicle for driving 89 m.p.h. on the interstate. When the officer was walking to the stopped vehicle, the driver started to drive forward. The ... [Full Story »]

BCSS plans to have new WMS principal by May

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Wednesday, March 7. 2012

Westside Middle School will hopefully have a new full time principal soon to replace Eli Welch who took a job in Gwinnett County last month. At Tuesday’s Barrow County Board of Education meeting, the BOE learned the school system’s plans for hiring a new principal. Barrow County Schools superintendent Wanda Creel said the system hopes to ... [Full Story »]

Arts center design passes after split vote in Auburn

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Wednesday, March 7. 2012

Although funding for the project has not been acquired, the Auburn City Council voted last week to approve the architectural designs for a proposed cultural arts and community center. In a 2-2 tied vote broken by Mayor Linda Blechinger, the council approved the plans for the R&R/Perry Rainey Institute building off of College Street in Auburn. ... [Full Story »]

Alcohol referendum passes in Bethlehem

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Wednesday, March 7. 2012

It’s official – the voters of Bethlehem will decide this summer whether beer and wine can be bought on Sundays. At its March 5 meeting, the Bethlehem Town Council unanimously voted to approve a resolution to place a referendum on the July 31 ballot for Sunday package sales of beer and wine between the hours of 12:30-11:30 p.m. Post 5 ... [Full Story »]

BCSS to see $3 million jump in insurance costs for non-teachers

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Wednesday, March 7. 2012

Like other school districts in Georgia, the Barrow County School System faces an alarming increase in insurance costs for non-teacher employees in the next few years. According to data recently provided by school leaders, in three years, the school system will have to fork out more than $3 million in additional costs to cover the health care ... [Full Story »]

Gingrich carries Barrow, state

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Wednesday, March 7. 2012

As Georgia went, so went Barrow County. Barrow County joined fellow Republican Presidential Primary voters across the state Tuesday in giving former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich a victory in his home state. Gingrich easily carried Barrow County with 4,058 votes with 99 percents of the precincts reporting Wednesday morning. There was a ... [Full Story »]

Gingrich carries Barrow; Statham approves Sunday sales

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Wednesday, March 7. 2012

FDIC Files Suit Against Freedom Bank Directors

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Tuesday, March 6. 2012

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. filed suit last week in U.S. District Court against former directors and officers of Commerce based Freedom Bank, which failed in 2009. FDIC seeks more than $11 million from a dozen defendants it says were grossly negligent in regard to bank loans. The Commerce bank, which had offices in Jefferson, Banks ... [Full Story »]

Winder getting new city hall

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Saturday, March 3. 2012

The city of Winder is getting a new city hall. At an Atlanta auction Saturday afternoon, Mayor David Maynard placed the winning bid to purchase the 2003 Operations Center of the former Peoples Bank. The bid of $460,000 did not meet the minimum reserve price that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation had placed on the sale, but after several ... [Full Story »]

Tornado warning until 10:30 pm Friday

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Friday, March 2. 2012

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning that will be in effect until 10:30 p.m. for western Jackson, southern Hall, northeastern Gwinnett and northern Barrow County. At 9:42 p.m. Doppler radar showed indications that a tornado was becoming stronger with damaging winds creating a life-threatening situation. The tornado was near ... [Full Story »]

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