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Manager plans shakeup of city departments

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Friday, December 7. 2012

New city manager Pete Pyrzenski is asking the Commerce City Council to approve structural changes in the city’s police and utility departments, as well as its recreation and library structures. The council will likely act on Pyrzenski’s recommendations at its regular meeting Monday night at 6:30 in the Commerce Room of the Commerce Civic ... [Full Story »]

Talk about 'distracted driving'...

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Friday, December 7. 2012

Commerce police announced the arrest last week of Brent Morgan Ellis, 32, of 119 Hickory Street, Commerce, for public indecency. The charges stem from a Nov. 5 incident in which two white females told police they saw a man in a black Dodge Caliber four-door hatchback masturbating while stopped at the red light near Walgreens and CVS. The same ... [Full Story »]

Nicholson to consider alcohol sales

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Wednesday, December 5. 2012

Could a liquor store be in Nicholson’s immediate future? At its monthly work session meeting on Nov. 29, the Nicholson City Council agreed to hold a public hearing/public forum at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, to hear from city residents on the sale of alcohol in the city. Dan Shah, owner of Dan’s Food Mart, and Paul Makeem, came before the ... [Full Story »]

Crow gets pushback on suit against county

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Wednesday, December 5. 2012

Three citizens and some members of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners verbally attacked commissioner Tom Crow Monday night for his reported part in a lawsuit filed by four citizens to stop work on the new West Jackson EMS station. A hearing on the lawsuit is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday in Jackson County Superior Court. Albon Gilbert, ... [Full Story »]

'Bragging' leads to theft suspect's arrest

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Wednesday, December 5. 2012

A Madison County man might have gotten away with the theft of a motorcycle from a Commerce business if he’d just kept his mouth shut. But, according to the Commerce Police Department, Kevin Conley, 19, of 47 Joyce Court, Lot 47, Hull, bragged about stealing the bike back on Aug. 21 from ABC Pawn on North Broad Street. The motorcycle had ... [Full Story »]

Library construction could be done by Dec. 21

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Sunday, December 2. 2012

The construction phase of the expansion of the Commerce Public Library is on target and should wind up before Christmas. “We think it will be done by Dec. 21,” reports Beth McIntyre, director of the Piedmont Regional Library. “We plan on having a grand re-opening celebration in January or February.” Once the contractor turns the ... [Full Story »]

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