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Blood drive set Tuesday at First Baptist

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Sunday, November 10. 2013

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive Tuesday, Nov. 12, from noon to 6:00 p.m. in the family fellowship center of the First Baptist Church of Commerce. The church is located at 1345 South Broad Street, Commerce. The Red Cross provides blood services to local hospitals, including Northridge Medical Center and the Athens, Gainesville and ... [Full Story »]

City, school system spar over cost of electricity

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Friday, November 8. 2013

Is Commerce charging its city school system too much for electricity? It depends on who you ask. City manager Pete Pyrzenski and school superintendent Joy Tolbert sparred politely during Monday night’s city council meeting, with Pyrzenski saying the 11.14 cents per kilowatt average cost to the schools is “in line,” with what Jackson EMC ... [Full Story »]

Woman fearful of man to whom she ows money

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Friday, November 8. 2013

A 27-year-old white female told Commerce Police that she was pumping gas at the Fast & Friendly convenience store when a white male friend asked her about money she owed him. The woman said she went into the store and bought him a pack of cigarettes because she could not repay him, but back at the vehicle she realized she’d won money on a ... [Full Story »]

Commissioners extend county manager's contract

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Friday, November 8. 2013

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a one-year contract with county manager Kevin Poe Monday night. The contract will automatically be renewed on Jan. 1 of each year. If the board decides not to renew the contract, Poe must be given 90 days notice prior to the end of the calendar year. Poe’s annual salary will ... [Full Story »]

Final count: Wilson wins by 2 votes

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Friday, November 8. 2013

Three days after the Nov. 5 municipal election, it's official: Donald Wilson won the Ward 2 seat on the Commerce City Council by a two-vote margin, 80-78, over incumbent Darren Owensby. The final tally was a reversal of the same race four years ago where Owensby beat then-incumbent Wilson by two votes. Friday's count includes the lone ... [Full Story »]

Northridge Medical Center being sold

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Wednesday, November 6. 2013

For the second time in four years, the community hospital in Commerce is being sold. Steve Clapp, president and CEO of Restoration Healthcare, broke the news Monday to staff and employees of Northridge Medical Center that Restoration and Macon-based Community Health Services of Georgia (CHSGa) have signed a letter of intent for the purchase of ... [Full Story »]

Man has no idea who stabbed him

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Wednesday, November 6. 2013

A Commerce man stabbed six times told police that he could not remember who stabbed him, according to a Commerce Police Department incident report. His amnesia might be attributed to other activities that night. When police questioned the 25-year-old black male in the emergency room at Northridge Medical Center, he admitted to consuming three ... [Full Story »]

Election results

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Tuesday, November 5. 2013

Tuesday Election Results COMMERCE WARD 2 Darren Owensby(I) 78 Donald Wilson 79 COMMERCE BOE DISTRICT 1 Nathan Anderson 40 Kevin Tate 25 NICHOLSON ALCOHOL SALES Yes -- 42 No -- 92 MAYOR OF JEFFERSON Darren Glenn 556 Roy Plott 762 DISTRICT 4 JEFFERSON COUNCIL Kathy DuBose (I) 139 Malcolm Gramley 192 DISTRICT 5 JEFFERSON COUNCIL Don Kupis 203 Doug ... [Full Story »]

UPDATED: Election results - Ward 2 up in air

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Tuesday, November 5. 2013

Jackson County election supervisor Lori Wurtz reports that there is a single "provisional" ballot cast in the Ward 2 Commerce City Council race where — at present — there is a single vote separating incumbent Darren Owensby and challenger Donald Wilson. The process for determining whether to count the ballot will be completed on Friday, ... [Full Story »]

Shoplifter arrested at CVS

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Friday, November 1. 2013

Commerce police officers charged Lourenda Kennedy, 60, 369 Duncan Circle, with theft by shoplifting in connection with an incident at CVS Pharmacy, North Elm Street last week. The report said a store manager alerted police to a shoplifting in progress and said he’d watched Kennedy put several items in her purse. When the officer asked Kennedy ... [Full Story »]