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New year starts badly with traffic stops

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013

The Commerce Police Department reported a quiet first week of the year, but two New Year’s Eve revelers face multiple charges following a pair of traffic stops in the wee hours of Jan. 1. Both occurred on Homer Road at Pittman Creek, and the first was a cause of the second. An officer pulled over a vehicle for a defective headlight and a ... [Full Story »]

New sheriff makes staff changes

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Wednesday, January 9. 2013

New Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum made several staff changes during her first few days in office, including naming Daniel Thomas as chief deputy and Clayton Lowe as jail commander. Major Thomas, who retired from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation after 30 years and also worked with the Georgia State Patrol, replaces David Cochran as ... [Full Story »]

Senators: Health care funding to hit budget

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Friday, January 4. 2013

The two state senators who represent Jackson County as the 2013 legislative session nears see challenges for the General Assembly in funding increased health care costs in the wake of passage of the Affordable Health Care Act. Sen. Frank Ginn represents the bottom half of Jackson County following the realignment of his 47th District last year. ... [Full Story »]

Jobless rate continues slow decline

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Friday, January 4. 2013

The fiscal cliff notwithstanding, the unemployment rate in Georgia continues to edge downward, and Northeast Georgia’s jobless rate is no exception. Preliminary figures released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor showed the state’s jobless rate for November at 8.5 percent, down two-tenths of a percent from October’s rate and ... [Full Story »]

Traffic stops lead to felony drug charges

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Friday, January 4. 2013

Driving infractions led to a pair of arrests last week for felony drug charges, according to the Commerce Police Department. When an officer pulled Nathan Todd, 41, of 1711 Oak Street, Greensboro, NC, over on the U.S. 441 bypass at 7:25 p.m. on Saturday, it was for doing 78 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone. But for Todd, things went from bad to ... [Full Story »]

Benton: Hospital 'bed tax' to be legislative issue

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Wednesday, January 2. 2013

When the Georgia House of Representatives takes up the 2013-14 budget – its most pressing duty of the legislative session — Rep. Tommy Benton (R-Jefferson) expects the biggest challenge to be in health care. “It’s going to be the shortfall in Medicaid funding, about $350 million,” Benton commented last week. When asked where the ... [Full Story »]

Manager optimistic about city's prospects in 2013

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Wednesday, January 2. 2013

Pete Pyrzenski has one particularly valuable trait. The new Commerce city manager is an optimist. “I think 2013 is going to bring a lot of good news for us,” he said. “I don’t see how it couldn’t.” Since he was hired in October, Pyrzenski’s focus has been on laying the groundwork for great things to happen, from a staff ... [Full Story »]

Burglar definitely into breasts

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Wednesday, January 2. 2013

A burglar who struck a Commerce residence over the past week apparently really enjoys a good breast — or several dozen breasts. A Crestwood Circle couple returned home to find someone had removed 32 bags of frozen chicken breasts — 192 in all — from the freezer. The 46-year-old white female said she began cooking and discovered the ... [Full Story »]

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