A story about a lawsuit, involving former employee Carole Amos, the City of Statham and several individuals in the Sept. 25 edition of the Barrow News-Journal includes two errors.

The Statham City Council unanimously agreed to adopt the “rollback” millage rate Tuesday, Oct. 15.

The Barrow County Board of Commissioners, at its Tuesday, Oct. 8 meeting, was supportive of a request to rezone property on Highway 211 just outside the Winder city limits to allow for the building of a residential subdivision with at least 220 homes. But the board opted to hold off on a vot…

Ninth District Opportunity, Inc. is offering home heating help for the elderly and medically homebound for Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Dawson, Elbert, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Jackson, Lumpkin, Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White counties.

Preliminary testing results indicate that foul play "does not appear to be involved" in the death of a man who was found floating in a pond in Winder on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

Congressman Hice to host event in Auburn

A Braselton man was recently arrested during an investigation into statewide burglaries of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Management Areas.

The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce governmental affairs committee has announced candidate forums for the upcoming municipal elections in Statham and Winder.

The new Barrow County high school that will be adjacent to Sims Academy will be the Barrow Arts & Sciences Academy.

The First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 275 North 5th Ave., Winder, and Winder-Barrow High School will co-host an “Out of the Darkness” community walk on Saturday, Sept. 28, in an effort to raise awareness of and contribute to prevention of suicide.

A contract for a private company to mow grass on rights-of-way along county-maintained roads and a pair of items related to the Victor Lord Park expansion project were among the topics discussed by the Barrow County Board of Commissioners during its monthly work session Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Food distribution day set

The Barrow County Planning Commission has recommended the rezoning of property on Highway 211 just outside the Winder city limits that would allow for the building of a residential subdivision with about 200 single-family homes — about 50 fewer than the company looking to develop the propert…

Both of Barrow County’s high schools beat the state average graduation rate in 2019.

A former Statham employee filed a lawsuit Sept. 9 in Barrow County Superior Court seeking compensatory and punitive damages for nude photos of her on a city computer.

Barrow County and its municipalities have been temporarily relieved of sanctions as the parties get set to begin court-ordered mediation over unresolved service-delivery issues.

Food distribution day set

The Auburn City Council, at its Sept. 5 meeting, approved a balanced $6.17 million total operating budget for Fiscal Year 2020, a slightly less than 12-percent increase from the city’s budgeted expenditures for the current fiscal year.

The Statham City Council meeting devolved into a talking-over-each-other free-for-all for a few minutes Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Two female students fought in a hallway at Winder-Barrow High School Thursday, Sept. 5, and one suffered a fractured skull, setting off a social media frenzy over the incidents.

'Next Gen Ag' event set

Barrow County plans to seek federal funding for a State Route 316/U.S. 29 corridor study and preliminary engineering for a project to widen a 7.2-mile stretch of Highway 211.

The Winder Downtown Development Authority, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, took the first step toward a new Division of Family and Children Services building near the current Social Security Administration facility.

The Winder City Council, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, unanimously passed a resolution signaling its support for locally-established building design standards for residential dwellings, a topic that has been a hot-button issue among the state legislature.

Four candidates qualified Sept. 3-5 for the special city council election in Statham. The election, to fill the seat vacated by Eddie Jackson, who is running for mayor, will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the same time as the city’s general election.

The Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority agreed unanimously Aug. 28 to spend $521,810 on three drives to provide water to its customers.

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The Bethlehem Town Council will likely have more discussion at its Monday, Sept. 9 meeting of a request to annex property off Highway 316 into the town after Barrow County leaders aired their concerns about the request.

Barrow County School System superintendent Chris McMichael got a year’s extension on his contract and a pay raise Tuesday, Sept. 3, following a unanimous vote by the county board of education. 

Grading much of the Park 53 industrial park property is a key priority for Barrow County leaders in Fiscal Year 2020, and officials are currently mulling over an engineering proposal for that task.

Barrow County may seek federal funding for a pair of transportation-related projects that the county’s public works director described to the county board of commissioners as “of the utmost importance.”

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that Paul Hamilton, the former Barrow County magistrate judge convicted last year for the 2015 murder of his nephew, is indeed entitled to a new trial.

The Barrow County Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday, Sept. 3, to sell $22.9 million in bonds for school construction.