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Global home and lifestyle products manufacturer Spring Mountain Center will locate its manufacturing and distribution headquarters in Barrow County, state officials announced Friday, Jan. 22, a move projected to bring more than 200 jobs to the community.
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In-person high school equivalency, English as a Second Language and citizenship classes through Adult Literacy Barrow have resumed in Barrow County.
Seven more deaths from COVID-19 in Barrow County were confirmed over the last week, even as the overall coronavirus trends throughout the county and the state improved slightly during the same…
Barrow County is planning a wide-range review of and potential updates to its highway corridor overlay and future land-use map and has hired an outside consultant to help with those services.
The American Red Cross will hold the following upcoming blood drives in Barrow County:
The Barrow County Board of Education shook up its officer leadership Tuesday, Jan. 12, electing Bill Ritter to serve as board chairman for 2021.
HULL - David Loton Langford, known by friends and family as “D…
GAINESVILLE - The family of Thelma Lorene Shipwash, 80, Gaines…
JEFFERSON - Debra Jean Norris Atchley, 61, Jefferson, entered …
Eunice Saunders, 97, died Monday, January 11, 2021.
Mary Frances Buice, 81, wife of the late Doyle Boyd Buice, die…
JEFFERSON - Dan Barron, 77, was welcomed into heaven on Sunday…
Kiona Lindsay and Keonna Hamler recorded 21 points apiece as the Winder-Barrow girls' basketball cruised past Shiloh 62-41 in a home GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA contest Tuesday, Jan. 19.
It’s been two months since Apalachee’s boys’ basketball team recorded its last win, when the Wildcats held off North Springs 63-57 in their season opener on Nov. 20.
Apalachee's Isaac Budu wrestles his Walnut Grove opponent during a match between the two teams Friday, Jan. 15, in the first round of the GHSA Region 8-AAAAA duals tournament at Jackson County…
Winder-Barrow boys’ basketball coach Travis McDaniel knew his team would face a gauntlet of a schedule this year playing in a loaded GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA. And unfortunately for the Bulldoggs, …
Like the rest of the high school wrestling teams around the state, Winder-Barrow and Apalachee have had to do the tightrope walk all winter, competing in a close-contact sport in the middle of…
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- School system science and engineering fair winners announced
- Home products manufacturer to build distribution headquarters in Barrow
- Apalachee FFA participates in toy drive
- Orientation dates for high school equivalency classes set
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- Sheriff’s office, police departments, GSP report recent arrests around county
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- Two structure fires reported in Barrow on Wednesday
- Statham council rejects rezoning request for property off Atlanta Highway
- Auburn man charged in Hall County kidnapping
- Several more COVID deaths reported in Barrow; overall case trends improve slightly
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- BUFFINGTON: GOP soul-searching for its future
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The following arrests around the county from Jan. 11-18 were reported by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, Auburn, Braselton, Statham and Winder police departments, and the Georgia State Patrol.
The following recent incidents were among those that the Auburn Police Department responded to.
The following recent incidents were among those that the Winder Police Department responded to Jan. 7-13.
An Auburn man remained in the Hall County Jail on Thursday, Jan. 14, following his arrest for kidnapping a woman at gunpoint on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 13.
Two unrelated structure fires occurred within an hour of each other in Barrow County on Wednesday, Jan. 13, one of which killed a donkey.
With the attempted insurgency in Washington D.C. on Jan. 6 and the tense inauguration of a new president there this week, you may have missed the fact that the Georgia Legislature is back in session in Atlanta.
When I read, watch or listen to anyone expressing an opinion, I’m like any other listener. I want to know “what’s motivating this person?” Are they trying to be persuasive or do they delight i…
Last year, Tink finally, after several years of being asked, succumbed and agreed to speak at a yearly prayer breakfast held at the Beverly Hills Hotel for Christians who are in the television…
In the weeks leading up to the start of the Georgia General Assembly’s 2021 session, I thought our biggest challenge would be this relentless pandemic.
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Come Alive Minisitries (CAM) Pregnancy Care Center of Winder will hold its annual “Sanctity of Human Life” concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23.
Winder Church of God of Prophecy will hold a weekend revival Friday and Saturday, Jan. 15-16, beginning at 7 p.m. each night.
Local author Bobby Nash of Bethlehem has been awarded the New Pulp Fiction Award by the Sangria Summit Society for his literary work, specifically Snow Falls, the first book in his Snow series…
Winder Church of God of Prophecy, 100 East Wright St., will host revival services at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12.
On Oct. 17, a Mini-Walk to Defeat ALS was held in Statham at Bridges Park.
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Emma Pittman and Natalie Mays, a pair of seventh-graders at Russell Middle School, have been announced as the Gold Medal recipients for the Barrow County School System’s 2021 science and engineering fair.
In these unprecedented times, many businesses and organizations have found ways to adapt to the new challenges 2020 brought. This is also the case with Apalachee High School’s student-led FFA …
The following local students made the Dean’s List at Valdosta State University after earning a grade-point average of at least 3.5 for the fall 2020 semester:
Kennedy Elementary School in Winder recently announced its student recognitions for the second 9 weeks, including Honor Roll, Merit Roll and Dragon Wings.
Zaxby’s, a “District Partner in Education” with the Barrow County School System, recently awarded its second annual “Urgency to Serve” mini-classroom grants for the 2020-21 school year.
Calvary Baptist Church, 1086 Atlanta Hwy., Auburn, has announced new service times has the church begins its return toward normal operations amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Here is a running list of church service modifications and other event cancellations or modifications in Barrow County in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It will be updated frequently as…
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