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No damage, no suspects from Sunday 'bomb'

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Wednesday, April 10. 2013

A blast late Sunday afternoon that could be heard all over Commerce may have rattled windows and nerves, but the explosion apparently caused no damage. According to a Commerce Police Department report, officers at the police station heard the blast, which sounded like it came from the downtown. As they searched for the location, a 51-year-old ... [Full Story »]

Kubota celebrates plant's opening

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Wednesday, April 10. 2013

Gov. Nathan Deal joined local and company officials Monday to celebrate the grand opening of Kubota’s new $73 million manufacturing facility in Jefferson. The plant brings 200 jobs to Jackson County. The 522,000-square-foot plant on the 88-acre site recently began production of Kubota’s 30- to 50-horsepower compact tractor models. ... [Full Story »]

City schools near decision on 'charter' status

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Wednesday, April 10. 2013

Commerce superintendent of schools James “Mac” McCoy indicated that the Commerce-City school system is leaning towards becoming a “system of charter schools” at the regular Commerce Board of Education meeting last Monday. For the past several years, the Georgia Department of Education has worked to evaluate educational programs and ... [Full Story »]

Commerce seeking more 'opportunity zones'

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Friday, April 5. 2013

Hoping to encourage economic activity, Commerce and its downtown development authority plan to create up to six more sections of town that qualify for local and state development incentives. A large swath of Commerce is already both an “enterprise zone” and an “opportunity zone,” but the plan is to make virtually all of the city’s ... [Full Story »]

Humane Society seeks Commerce support

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Friday, April 5. 2013

The Humane Society of Jackson County, which is trying to raise $750,000 to build an animal shelter, has a problem with Commerce. It has no directors and no business partners from the county’s second-largest city. Speaking to the Commerce Kiwanis Club last week, Humane Society president Roxanne Rose and its new operations manager, Cecil ... [Full Story »]

Sign up at police dept. for firearms safety course

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Friday, April 5. 2013

The Commerce Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office will hold a firearms safety course for women on Saturday, April 20. The six—hour course will begin at 9 a.m. at Lanier Technical College in Commerce, said Commerce police chief John Gaissert, after which it will move to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office firing range ... [Full Story »]

Invitation was for video games, not sex

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Wednesday, April 3. 2013

A 22-year-old white male who tried to turn a late-night invitation from a 21-year-old female to play video games into a sexual encounter didn’t take her rejection very well, according to the Commerce Police Department. The victim, a white female, told police she invited the man to play video games at about 1 a.m. at her Heritage Crossing ... [Full Story »]

Early returns: LOST running behind budget

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Wednesday, April 3. 2013

It may be too early to be concerned, but two months into the year, receipts of the local option sales tax (LOST) are running almost 7.5 percent below budget. The county received a $425,574 LOST distribution for February. “Our budgeted FY 2013 goal for local option sales tax receipts is $5,575,000,” wrote Jackson County finance director ... [Full Story »]

DOT to re-work Ila Road intersection

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Wednesday, April 3. 2013

Drivers entering Commerce from the Ila Road will soon find changes at its intersection with South Broad and South Elm streets, and for most of them, the changes should be welcome. City manager Pete Pyrzenski got his city council’s buy-in Monday night to a Department of Transportation proposal for the modification. The main feature is that ... [Full Story »]

Commerce Easter parade and egg hunt

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Saturday, March 30. 2013

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