Barrow County News

Narcotics investigators arrested more than 41 alleged drug dealers in Barrow County on Monday as part of a six-month operation that has put more than 120 people behind bars.

The Northeast Georgia Health District has just announced it has one confirmed case of the H1N1 virus in Barrow County.

Investigators are trying to identify the skeletal remains of a man found in some Gwinnett County woods near Georgia 316, police spokesman Cpl.

New leadership within the Georgia Department of Transportation and on the GDOT Board may be beneficial to Barrow County because of past good relationships and future potential to develop new working friendships.

Gwinnett County police say they are trying to identify the skeletal remains of a man found in woods near Georgia 316.

Authorities in Barrow County made a major round up of suspected drug dealers and domestic violence suspects in Monday.

Barrow County is the yellow. On the statewide map charting the preliminary unemployment rate for May, Barrow County and neighboring Jackson County, are colored in with yellow, indicating the jobless rate has topped 10 percent.

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

Barrow County commissioners formally approved a cost-savings plan Tuesday that abolishes 23 positions, eliminates six county departments, eliminates all the county's assistant director positions and adjusts the salaries of several employees.

A man charged in a 2006 Hoschton quadruple murder had his first substantive court hearing in more than a year Thursday, though it appears unlikely his case will go before a jury before 2010.

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 Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police has named the Winder Police Department a finalist for the Dr.

Barrow County is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 p.m. Monday. The National Weather Service issued the warning for 65 Georgia counties including Barrow just after mid-day. Sign up for our E-mail Newsletter > You must be logged in to post comments.

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.

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.

In the 1995 movie "Apollo 13," Ed Harris, playing NASA flight director Gene Kranz, utters the following line after an explosion aboard the moon-bound spacecraft: "Let's work the problem, people.

As of Tuesday, Barrow County has 21 fewer employees, including three who opted for retirement and 18 who were voluntarily or involuntarily laid off in an ongoing effort to balance the county budget.

Poor communication and mixed messages when there was communication were cited as concerns by elected officials attending the 4 p.m. Thursday meeting called by Commissioner Eva Elder.

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.

Several dozen public safety personnel were out in full force Thursday morning as part of an elaborate disaster preparedness drill organized by county and state emergency management officials.