Entries by BarrowJournal

Man struck, stripped of underwear

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Thursday, April 8. 2010

A Winder woman was arrested after repeatedly striking her husband and ripping off his clothes. Janie Lee Krett, 33, of 301 Chimney Trace Drive in Winder, called the Sheriff’s Office to report that she and her husband of nine years had been in a physical altercation. Krett said she and her friends had spent the evening at Downriggers bar. When ... [Full Story »]

Charges filed against bus driver

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Thursday, April 8. 2010

A former Barrow County School system employee has been charged with solicitation of sodomy. Gregory Lamar Brock, 30, of 154 Creekwood Road in Winder, was recently fired from his job as a bus driver after school officials learned of “inappropriate contact” between Brock and a student. Brock is accused of soliciting sex from the 16-year-old ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: Spring a welcome sign in Barrow

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Thursday, April 8. 2010

This and that from around Winder and Barrow County: •Spring has arrived in our neck of the woods and I, for one, am more than glad. The weather on Easter Sunday was perfect and on Monday as I looked out my office window at downtown Winder, I am looking forward to attending a local high school baseball game later in the week. My good friends ... [Full Story »]

Arrest made in bus accident

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

A Winder woman has been arrested in connection with a March 10 accident which injured a Winder Barrow High School student as he crossed the road to board his bus. Sarah Baldwin Cobb, 34, of 169 Woodlawn Avenue, was arrested March 29 and charged with causing serious injury by vehicle and passing a school bus while loading or unloading. The ... [Full Story »]

One dead in Tuesday morning accident

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

A Winder woman is dead after an April 6 accident on Hwy. 11 near Lamar Giles Road. The woman, identified by the Georgia State Patrol as Mary Linda Brendle, 39, was northbound in the 700 block of Jefferson Highway when her vehicle left the roadway, careened down an embankment and struck a brick sign. According to Georgia State Patrol ... [Full Story »]

BCS to hold fine arts festival

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

Barrow County Schools’ will hold its annual fine arts festival the week of April 12- 15. The festival will showcase their students’ hard work through a variety of fine arts media. The weeklong event will begin with a performance by the Barrow County Elementary Honor Chorus at the Professional Development Center, 179 West Athens Street in ... [Full Story »]

Sentences issued in Superior Court March 18

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

The Barrow County Superior Court recently sentenced the following people. Those charged and their sentences are listed below. Charges listed as nolle prosequi are those in which the prosecutor or plaintiff indicated they would not proceed with the case. In criminal cases, a disposition of nolle prosequi may be entered when evidence proves ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: There’s a Point to This…

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

Southerners love a good story. Truth be told, most Southerners are pretty decent storytellers. Of course, the question of whether the truth will be told would be purely conjecture since Southerners are equally as fond of embroidering an okay story in order to give it some punch and, hence, a longer shelf life. Take, for example, someone tells ... [Full Story »]

Citizen says Beck discouraged comments to council

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Wednesday, April 7. 2010

A Winder resident whose $100 donation sparked the city government’s creation of a new “Downtown Improvement Fund” for private donations is not happy with the folks running city hall. Resident Chip Lewis told the Barrow Journal that hours before he addressed the council on March 9, city administrator Bob Beck recommended he not to speak to ... [Full Story »]

One dead in Tuesday morning accident

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Tuesday, April 6. 2010

A Winder woman is dead after an accident this morning on Hwy. 11. The woman was northbound in the 700 block of Jefferson Highway when her vehicle left the roadway and careened down an embankment. Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said the woman, whose name is being withheld pending notification of kin, died after being ejected from the vehicle. ... [Full Story »]