News from BarrowJournal

Winder bar license revoked

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
Two nights after law enforcement officers from around the region helped Winder police empty a dangerously overcrowded local bar, the Winder City Council revoked the owner’s business license. The action was in response to a request by police chief Dennis Dorsey, who at a Monday council session asked for the immediate revocation of the 2013 ... [Full Story »] 

BOE: First meeting was old vs. new

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
Some of the players were different, but there was no absence of political drama at Tuesday night’s inaugural meeting of the newly seated Barrow County Board of Commissioners. In the first major action of its four-year term, the board’s vote was divided along the lines of new versus old over the county attorney's contract. In two 4-3 votes ... [Full Story »] 

BOC: First meeting was old vs. new

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 9. 2013
Some of the players were different, but there was no absence of political drama at Tuesday night’s inaugural meeting of the newly seated Barrow County Board of Commissioners. In the first major action of its four-year term, the board’s vote was divided along the lines of new versus old over the county attorney's contract. In two 4-3 votes ... [Full Story »] 

OPINION: We enter 2013 as a deeply divided nation

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Friday, January 4. 2013
Perhaps it’s fate that I’m reading a book about the early radicals of the American Revolution, the “Sons of Liberty,” while the nation is now about to plunge over a “fiscal cliff.” The tone of the times in 1765 wasn’t too far from the divided tone as we go into 2013: The public began to revolt against an abusive, overbearing ... [Full Story »] 

WPD officer disciplined over bad check charges

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 2. 2013
The Winder police officer arrested in December for writing a bad check to a local grocery store still has a job as a certified police officer for the city, but no longer serves as the school resource officer at Winder-Barrow High School. Tracy Wild is now one of two full-time code enforcement officers responsible for enforcing city codes and ... [Full Story »] 

Old courthouse renovations underway

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 2. 2013
Barrow County’s $4.5 million redevelopment of the courthouse square in downtown Winder is well under way. Lincolnton contractor John W. Spratlin & Son LLC is restoring the 1914 historic courthouse, adjoining annex building, and old jail. The courthouse and annex will become the county’s government center, and the former jail will become ... [Full Story »] 

County meets federal narrow-banding deadline

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 2. 2013
Barrow County Emergency Services has met the federal narrow-banding deadline with a few days to spare. The county’s new $4 million communications system is now up and running, according to Chief Dennis Merrifield. The Federal Communications Commission required all public safety agencies to switch to narrower radio bandwidths on New Year’s ... [Full Story »] 

Story of The Year: Yearwood bows out as new era opens

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, January 2. 2013
Danny Yearwood said at the start of 2012 he was still thinking about running for a second term as chairman of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners. So it came as a surprise when he instead jumped in the race for the District 47 seat held by Sen. Frank Ginn. As it turned out, the political gamble didn’t pay off. But by stepping aside, ... [Full Story »] 

Looking for new water sources

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Monday, December 31. 2012
One of the first major decisions of 2013 for Barrow County’s new administration — and for Winder’s leaders — is whether to spend more than $2 million to get a state permit for a new water reservoir in the county. Three months ago, the Barrow County Water & Sewerage Authority was notified that its application for a $2.1 million ... [Full Story »] 

‘Good guys’ already have guns in Barrow County schools

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, December 26. 2012
One week after a mentally disturbed shooter took 26 lives at a Connecticut elementary school, the nation’s largest gun-rights lobby called for Congress to place armed police officers in every school. “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” said Wayne LaPierre, vice president of the National Rifle ... [Full Story »] 
Page 14 of 450, totaling 4498 entries
Copyright © 2008-2012 MainStreet Newspapers, Inc.