Mainstreet Newspapers, Inc. filed suit Tuesday against the Jackson County Board of Education over the board’s refusal to release the names of its finalists for the superintendent’s position. According to Georgia law, agencies are supposed to release th... »
Gov. Nathan Deal and members of his staff visited Westside Middle School for a demonstration of the Direct To Discovery (D2D) Teaching and Learning Model developed over the past six years in a research partnership between the Barrow County School Syste... »
FLOWERY BRANCH - Verna Mae Buddenhagen passed away Thursday, April 26, 2012, following an extended illness. She gave 90 years of love and devotion to all she knew. She was born October 9, 1921, the daughter of the late Walt and Pauline Waters of Claxto... »
Dispose of unwanted, unused prescription drugs safely during the Drug Enforcement Administration’s fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day event on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Sites nearest to Barrow and Jackson counties include: Th... »
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s annual open burning ban for 54 counties will start in May 1 and end on Sept. 30. The open burning ban is not new. It began in 1996 with the 13-county metro Atlanta area and has been in effect for the curr... »
The Piedmont Judicial Circuit will hold its first Drug Court commencement ceremony on May 2 at Barrow County Courthouse at 6 p.m. The Honorable Jason J. Deal, Judge of Superior Court, Northeastern Circuit, will be the keynote speaker. The commencement ... »
On this week’s op-ed page, there is a lengthy sales pitch by the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce in support of the upcoming July 31 T-SPLOST vote. But questions remain. The T-SPLOST move is an effort to add another penny sales tax to pay for various ... »
Every day, an estimated 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65 — an age that many consider the traditional retirement age. That’s one of the key reasons that an Atlanta-based development company is aiming to build its next senior apartment complex in Brasel... »
Every day, an estimated 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65 — an age that many consider the traditional retirement age. That’s one of the key reasons that an Atlanta-based development company is aiming to build its next senior apartment complex in Brasel... »
A senior prank may have gone too far when two high school students wrote offensive words and pictures on the exterior of another student’s car, according to an incident report from the Braselton Police Department. A 17-year-old student from Flowery Bra... »
The Jackson County Industrial Development Authority met Monday afternoon to decide what bait to offer a potential industrial project. That could include tax abatements and bond financing — or possibly nothing at all — but all of the discussion took pla... »
JACKSON County won its final home game Thursday and made sure to enjoy it. For starters, coach Tommy Fountain joined in on the postgame sprints usually reserved for players. Later on, after Fountain had addressed the team, several Panthers snuck up and... »
EAST JACKSON got a quality start from Ethan Lyons, and the Eagles scored all their runs in the fourth inning in a season-ending 4-3 win over Banks County Wednesday. "This was a great game to end the season on for us, not just because we won, but becaus... »
The Barrow County Sheriffs Department said that nobody has escaped from the jail. According to a BCSO posting: It was rumored that an armed inmate had escaped this evening from the Barrow County Detention Center. A person arrived at the jail to registe... »
A Hoschton man is in jail after leading authorities on a chase out of the Barrow County jail where he was voluntarily being fingerprinted Thursday afternoon.According to Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith, Michael Keith McElroy, 32, ran away from police a... »
