Entries from January 2013

Cathrine Fulcher (1-12-13)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, January 14. 2013
COMMERCE - Joyce Cathrine Springer Fulcher, 56, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born in Atlanta, the daughter of the late Henry Leon and Maggie Lee Harris Springer. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Danny Ray Fulcher, Commerce; daughters, Mindy Loggins, Hartwell, Teresa Hebert, Careon Crow, La., ... [Full Story »] 

Linda Wilson (1-12-13)

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MainStreetNewsOBITS
Monday, January 14. 2013
JEFFERSON - Linda Dian Wilson, 63, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Athens Regional Medical Center. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of the late Almond and Lorene Stockton Burnett. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Larry Wilson, Jefferson; sons, Greg Wilson, Commerce, Tim Wilson, Gainesville, and Keith Wilson, ... [Full Story »] 

County to search for new road dept. head

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Monday, January 14. 2013
Madison County is searching for a new road department head. Charles Temple, road department director for 23 years, recently resigned from the post after voicing his displeasure with a county vacation policy. County building and grounds director Alan Lapczynski served double duty during December, handling building maintenance and road director ... [Full Story »] 

Two brothers arrested after altercation

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Monday, January 14. 2013
Two brothers were arrested recently after an altercation at their home on Blackberry Lane. Jeremy Hanley, 39, 58 Blackberry Lane, Danielsville, was charged with aggravated assault, simple battery and cruelty to children in the third degree. His brother, Wesley Hanley, 33, of the same address, was charged with aggravated assault and cruelty to ... [Full Story »] 

Actions filed in Superior Court

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MadisonJournalTODAY
Monday, January 14. 2013
Actions filed recently in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Madison County include: •Terry Joe Baxter, 56, 1226 Stone Stewart Road, Hull, was sentenced to one year probation and fined $337 for violating a family violence order. •Jennifer Garrett, 38, 161 Bryant Park Road, Franklin Springs, was sentenced to one year $337 for ... [Full Story »] 

Swim Dragons head into the final stretch

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Saturday, January 12. 2013
The Jefferson High School Swim Dragons travel Saturday to Morgan County, where the team intends to focus its efforts on achieving qualifying times for the state meet next month. Jacob Musgrove continues to lead the group, having qualified in several events. The girls’ 4-by-100 freestyle relay team (Falon Bell, Heather Perry, Victoria Swaim ... [Full Story »] 

Scam artists try their luck in Commerce

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, January 11. 2013
While Commerce police reported only three incidents during the first week of the year, it appears that swindlers are trying to get off to a fast start in 2013. A 37-year-old white female called police to her Crossing Place residence to complain about harassing phone calls from employees of the “Cash Advance Fraud Department” who claimed ... [Full Story »] 

Light agenda on tap for council meeting

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, January 11. 2013
The Commerce City Council’s first voting meeting of 2013 appears to have a light agenda mostly of housekeeping details. The council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Commerce Room of the Commerce Civic Center. It had been scheduled to vote on a recommendation of the city planning commission to amend its zoning ordinance to allow bakeries under ... [Full Story »] 

Bank County's first baby of '13 born in Walmart

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CommerceNewsTODAY
Friday, January 11. 2013
The bathroom at a Walmart is seldom regarded as the optimum place for a medical event, but a woman gave birth to a baby boy in a bathroom stall at the Commerce Walmart last Wednesday, Jan. 2. According to Banks County deputy fire chief Robert Wilkins, the mother reported that she began having pains at about 8 a.m. and went into the restroom. ... [Full Story »] 

Madison County girls top Lady Warriors 61-48

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MainStreetNewsSPORTS
Friday, January 11. 2013
Get out the brooms. Madison County pulled off a season sweep over Oconee County in basketball Saturday, with girls and boys varsity squads winning both matchups this year. The Madison County Lady Raiders downed the Lady Warriors Saturday night 61-48 at the middle school in Comer. Madison County defeated Oconee County in a previous meeting in ... [Full Story »] 
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