Talmo News

The owner of a grease recycling plant in Jackson County says he has future plans for the site despite losing an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

The Georgia Supreme Court says the Agri-Cycle plant in Talmo must remain closed.

Another case of rabies has been confirmed in Hall County... the 20th since the first of the year and the second is as many days.

The search is underway for a missing jet skier on Lake Lanier. Details are sketchy right now but Channel 2 Action News reports the personal watercraft the man was operating was found near a marina on the ...

There have now been 16 confirmed cases of rabies in Hall County this year. Humane Society of Hall County Director Rick Aiken says the latest was in a skunk that came in contact with a pet dog last Sunday on ...

Hall County Sheriff's officials say a program that will allow deputies to begin deportation proceedings for illegal immigrants who are booked into the county jail is closer to starting, after technicians began ...

The 20-year-old Gainesville man charged in a four-car interstate crash that left four dead is due in court in Lawrenceville this morning.

An 18-year-old Talmo resident is being held in the Hall County Jail without bond after he allegedly fired a gun at someone, stole a a car and fled from deputies Sunday morning.

At around 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning Hall County sheriff's deputies responded to Reece Circle in the Candler Road area to a report of a home invasion. via WDUN-AM Gainesville

Jackson County Sheriff Stan Evans says a personal aircraft crashed at Jefferson's Lyle Field around 4 p.m. Evans says the pilot was life-flighted to Emory Hospital in Atlanta.

Story updated at 11:08 PM on Saturday, December 29, 2007 The federal Environmental Protection Agency this month began investigating Agri-Cycle, the Jackson County food and agricultural waste-processing plant ...

The federal government is investigating a shuttered waste recycling plant where a treatment pond caught fire three months ago.

Agents from the Environmental Protection Agency's criminal investigation division requested Jackson County's file on Agri-Cycle two weeks ago, county planning manager Frank Ethridge said.

An EPA spokeswoman declined comment on the matter.

Agri-Cycle was shut down in October after two years of operation when a judge ordered the company to stop accepting waste until it could prove it is not a threat to public health or safety. Residents had complained for years about the smelly plant and claimed waste from the facility spilled into a nearby creek. Read more

Story updated at 1:39 AM on Friday, December 7, 2007 A Commerce man told Jackson County sheriff's deputies that someone broke into his vacant pawn shop building on U.S. Highway 129 in Talmo by cutting through ... via Athens Banner-Herald

“We do have a couple of contingency plans if our reservoir does start to drop”

Even if Northeast Georgia doesn't see a substantial amount of rain between now and the end of the year, most communities will be in pretty good shape until mid-February. Still, administrators of Jackson ... via Athens Banner-Herald

After a week of considering all of the evidence put forth in the last EDP vs Agri-cycle hearing, Superior Court Judge David Motes ruled this morning to continue to prohibit Agri-Cycle from operating in Talmo.

Motes presented a seven page decision that included these highlights:
"For the reasons that follow (this is a seven page document) the court finds that the conduct of Agri-Cycle is more than a series of unfortunate events; their continued operation constitutes a clear and present danger to the citizens of Jackson County and the State of Georgia, and an injunction must be granted."

"For all of the above reasons (the seven page document), the court grants the injunction and prohibits Agri-Cycle from receiving waste for processing at its facility until the Defendant's appeal of an Administrative Order issued to it by the Director is ruled on by an Administrative Law Judge, or until Agri-Cycle can demonstrate to the Director or to the court that it can operate in accordance with the law and without posing a threat to human health, safety, and welfare, whichever even occurs first."

For now, the residents of Talmo and the surrounding are can breathe a bit easier and enjoy the Fall weather.

No judge's ruling yet on Agri-Cycle request to re-open As of press time Wednesday, Superior Court Judge David Motes had not ruled in the Agri-Cycle case. via Jackson Herald