Winder News

A six-month undercover criminal investigation by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office culminated Monday morning with arrests of some of the suspects wanted for drug-related and other crimes.

Winder-Barrow Brad Akins YMCA 27th annual Summer's End Road Race will be Saturday, Aug.

The combining of several departments already out protecting the public will bring those efforts together under Barrow County Fire Chief Mark Melvin.

There are plenty of tournaments for grown-ups that come to the golf courses in Barrow County.

The Barrow County Sheriff's Office arrested more than a dozen people in the span of a week in relation to domestic abuse or violence, including sexual assault.

The Winder Police Department is in the running for a top award from the Georgia Association of Police Chiefs.

A soldier from Calhoun who was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend served with the 1st Battalion of the 121st Infantry Regiment, an Army National Guard unit that has two companies based in Winder.

While there is no "For Sale" sign visible, Chairman Danny Yearwood has made it clear that the acreage, and land on Highway 82, can be bought.

Winder Mayor Chip Thompson and the Winder City Council fielded questions from Greenvalley Drive citizens Kay Pierce and Bob Dixon, two citizens who spoke at the Thursday 5 p.m. public hearing on the budget.

This is only a drill; this is not an actual emergency - but if it had been, an airplane apparently hijacked from Atlanta would have crashed near Chapel Christian Church on Thursday morning.

An autopsy is being conducted at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab to hopefully determine what brought about the death of a 28-year-old Winder man.

The Auburn Downtown Development Authority is calling residents to get down and dirty, in the garden that is.

The United States Achievement Academy recently announced that Elizabeth Lauren Perry of Winder has been named a United States National Leadership and Service award winner.

More on the exercise in Sunday's print edition of the Barrow County News. Emergency responders are currently assessing their response to Thursday morning's emergency drill which brought down an anthrax-carrying plane in Barrow County.

Description: The Taste of Winder, Saturday, June 6 from 11 a.m.to 3 p.m., corner of Broad Street and Candler Road, Winder; sample food from local restaurants; 5 tickets for at the door; an arts festival will take place from 11 a.m.to 5 p.m. at the same location; 586-0506. Taste of Winder Gallery Options Close Window Are you having trouble viewing ...

County government leaders officially will dedicate the new Barrow County Courthouse and Detention Center at 2 p.m. next Sunday.

Dr. C.B. Skelton admires the artwork of great-granddaughter Ashton Locke. Joshua Pharr, right, shows his dad, Jerry, a piece of his artwork Thursday made at the Russell Middle School Folk Art show at the Barrow County School District's board office in Winder.

On behalf of Winder Moose Lodge #262 I would like to thank everyone involved for their help with the Spencer Yebra Benefit.

A sampling of delicious fare from 12 well-known Winder restaurants awaits visitors to the fourth annual "A Taste of Winder," being held this year on Saturday, June 6 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Winder Women's Clubhouse, 15 West Midland Avenue, downtown, just off Broad Street.

A Gwinnett county sheriff's deputy is dead after a motorcycle crash in Barrow County.