An Auburn man called the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office after his teenage son was shot with a bb gun. According to the report, the teenager was bringing in the trash can from the end of the driveway when he felt something “sting” his leg. When he looked up, he noticed a man standing outside the house next door laughing at him. The man ...
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An Auburn man called the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office after his teenage son was shot with a BB gun. According to the report, the teenager was bringing in the trash can from the end of the driveway when he felt something “sting” his leg. When he looked up, he noticed a man standing outside the house next door laughing at him. The man ...
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BY CHRIS BRIDGES Barrow County Board of Education officials will take trips into the classroom in coming weeks to see first-hand how local students are using the Classworks program. School officials will then use this knowledge to help them decide whether to spend approximately $450,000 over the next three years to expand the program into all ...
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Items from my political notebook as the most important election in decades draws closer: •If you want to know what type of man John McCain really is then all you have to do is look at a news clip from a recent campaign rally. McCain was listening to the concerns of a supporter when the Republican nominee declared enough is enough. A woman in ...
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Winder Police were called to a Sanders Circle address after a man threatened to kill his three year old daughter in an attempt to prevent his wife from leaving him. According to the police report, the man told his estranged wife he would “do anything to keep her.” He reportedly said he could kill their daughter and offer her to “the Saint ...
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Over 3,500 Barrow County citizens have taken advantage of early voting so far. Barrow County election supervisor Kristi Royston said, as of Tuesday, over ten percent of the county’s registered voters had cast their ballot for the November election. There are approximately 33,000 registered voters in Barrow County. Early voting began September ...
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BY KRISTI REED With sales tax revenues down for the third consecutive quarter, county officials continue to examine ways to reduce costs even further as fiscal year 2009 gets underway. Chief Administrator Keith Lee outlined the cost saving measures implemented to date at the Tuesday night meeting of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners. In ...
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A Winder man confessed to having marijuana in his vehicle after a drug sniffing dog alerted on his vehicle. The suspect, Wesley Corey Sumpter III, reportedly told officers “you might as well put the handcuffs on me” when he realized the dog had alerted to the odor of illegal drugs. Sumpter had been stopped after an officer noticed him ...
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The Barrow County Republican Party will hold its next meeting on Monday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Guest speakers will include Gwinnett County commissioner Mike Beaudreau, seventh district chair for the McCain-Palin campaign; Steve Pierce of Veterans for McCain and Auburn Mayor Linda Blechinger of the Barrow ...
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The Piedmont Regional Board of Library Trustees will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 p.m., at the Pendergrass Public Library. The regional board serves Jackson, Barrow and Banks counties. The Pendergrass Library is located at 41 Blackberry Lane.