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Accused murderer to remain jailed

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Friday, March 12. 2010

Former Barrow County resident Phillip Dunn remains jailed on murder charges after a Gwinnett County Magistrate Court judge found probable cause to refer the charges to Superior Court for indictment. Dunn, 28, is accused of fatally stabbing his estranged wife, Shelley Dyan Dunn, in the parking lot of a Gwinnett County Wal-Mart on Feb. 14. The ... [Full Story »]

Dope found in suspicious vehicle

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Friday, March 12. 2010

Police were dispatched to Turtle Creek subdivision after a resident reported seeing an occupied silver Isuzu Rodeo parked in the new section of the neighborhood. The responding officer arrived as the vehicle was leaving the neighborhood and conducted a traffic stop. The driver, Austin Charles Sales, 19, 429 Foxdale Road in Winder, said he and ... [Full Story »]

OPINION: Governments need public discussions

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Friday, March 12. 2010

Like a lot of small town governments, the City of Winder has gotten into some bad habits. Chief among those is an insiders-club atmosphere where public business is discussed mostly in private, with only perfunctory public discussions. All of that changed last week, however, when new councilman Bob Dixon began to ask questions at a city council ... [Full Story »]

County hires new elections supervisor

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Friday, March 12. 2010

The Barrow County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire the county’s internal candidate as the new elections supervisor. Katie Ferm has served as the interim supervisor since the December 2009 resignation of Kristi Royston, who left for a position in Gwinnett County, and has been an elections assistant in the Barrow ... [Full Story »]

Man arrested after driving over 100 mph

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Thursday, March 11. 2010

A Winder man was arrested after two deputies clocked his vehicle traveling in excess of 100 mph on Highway 316. Christopher Phetviexay, 20, of 498 Tucker Road in Winder, was traveling eastbound on Hwy. 316 between Carl Bethlehem Road and Patrick Mill Road when both deputies obtained radar readings indicating Phetviexay’s speed was 106 mph. ... [Full Story »]

Fire reported on Loganville Highway

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Thursday, March 11. 2010

A Mar. 5 fire on Loganville Highway resulted in only minor damage after firefighters quickly responded to an alarm call. At approximately 1:15 a.m., communications officers received a call from an alarm company regarding a possible fire in a commercial building located in the 900 block of Loganville Highway. Communication officers dispatched ... [Full Story »]

Saving downtown Winder: Can the changes happen fast enough?

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Thursday, March 11. 2010

The final Livable Cities Initiative plan for central Winder that was presented Tuesday night to the city council will cost more than $50 million in public funding and will take more than 25 years to fully implement. That begs the question: Can the improvements be made quickly enough to save downtown? The chairman of the Winder Downtown ... [Full Story »]

COLUMN: 4-H means too much to be eliminated

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Thursday, March 11. 2010

“I pledge my Head to clearer thinking,g my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world.” — 4-H motto Tough economic times continue to haunt our state as well as its university system. In a shortsighted move, University of Georgia higher-ups ... [Full Story »]

Book sale set at Barrow Regional

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Wednesday, March 10. 2010

Barrow Regional Medical Center, Winder, will hold a book sale to benefit Relay for Life on Friday, March 12, from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the hospital’s atrium. Paperback and hardback books will be $1, and children’s books and magazines will be 50 cents. All of the books were collected from Barrow Regional associates, auxiliary and ... [Full Story »]

Sheriff’s Office investigating possible poisoning

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Wednesday, March 10. 2010

A Barrow County employee was rushed to the emergency room last Friday after ingesting an unidentified substance believed to be bleach. The substance was placed in the employee’s water bottle. The container, a plastic bottle with a cap, had been left unsecured. Inv. Matt Guthas with the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said it is unclear at ... [Full Story »]

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