Barrow County News

A woman wanted for scamming businesses in Cartersville and Winder by claiming to be collecting for Toys For Tots was arrested Saturday.

A) Chapter 14 - Animal Control - Addressing nuisance animals B) Chapter 58 - Prohibit public drunkenness 7 p.m. session 1. Approval of Nov.10 minutes 2. Public hearing -Planning Commission Rezones RZ/SU-2009-017 - The Georgia Club, Applicant/Owner, Barber Creek and Craft roads, +/- 3 acres.

Apalachee High School Principal David McGee has filed a sheriff's report after receiving several threatening e-mail messages.

All three black county employees in the Barrow County Administrative Annex have hired employment law attorneys.

A brighter star will shine over the little town of Bethlehem this Christmas. Leaders in the Barrow County city -- which draws people who want the Biblical postmark on their Christmas cards -- nearly have finished building a replacement luminary in time for a 2009 debut.

Perhaps the Barrow County school system, where a high school teacher recently was forced to resign over the content of her Facebook page, should have a three-question teacher application form .

The search for possible abusers of Internet time by Barrow County Human Resources Director Norma Jean Brown was requested by Commission Chairman Danny Yearwood.

Bulldog owners often are drawn to their pets because of their trademark droopy jowls, wrinkled faces and sometimes-bullish demeanor, but for too many bulldog owners, that excess of character turns out to be too much to handle.

Ashley Payne was a teacher at Appalachee High in Barrow County Georgia up until a short while ago, but claims she was fired after some pictures of her on Facebook drinking and an expletive were shown to her superiors .

Barrow County has selected Cartersville private investigator David G. Archer to look into allegations of discrimination lodged by Human Resources Director Norma Jean Brown.

In a fiery comment to the public at last night's Barrow County Board of Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Steve Worley said the board "will do what it takes to protect county residents," but it wasn't aware that the fire department is understaffed if it actually is.

A former high school teacher is suing a north Georgia school district, alleging she was forced to resign over photos and expletives on her Facebook page.

While it may be slow going, the recovery from the recession will sustain, according to Jeffrey Humphreys, the guest speaker at the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce's November luncheon.

GIS Manager Tonie Russell was demoted from her position as GIS director during the reduction in force.

Gwen Hill, of Hill's Ace Hardware and Lumber Center in Winder, was named the first recipient of the Barrow County Chamber of Commerce's Woman of the Year award.

Although behind schedule, the new E911 facility is moving forward, as the Barrow County Board of Commissioners voted last week to purchase six new consoles for the building.

The man killed Sunday night on Auburn Road near Dacula has been identified as 21-year-old Robert R. Wilson of Auburn.

The Barrow County Chamber of Commerce announces the nominees for its Inaugural "Woman of the Year" Luncheon, to be held on Nov.

In a spate of personnel-related allegations, three separate investigations of Barrow County and its employees are pending.

A senior Barrow County official has hired an Duluth labor attorney, and commissioners will hire a private investigator to look into allegations of workplace discrimination.