Barrow County News

Georgia has changed the criteria for deciding where to add pre-kindergarten classes, and Barrow and Clarke counties will be at the top of the list this year as officials prepare to divvy up money for 1,000 new ...

Registered Barrow County voters wishing to participate in Advance Voting will find the location moving up - upstairs at the Barrow County Administrative Annex, that is.

The Barrow County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have issued a Mattie's Call for a disabled person who was last seen Saturday.

Barrow County authorities are asking residents of Athens and Statham to be on the lookout for a 66-year-old Statham man who they believe wandered away from his personal care home on Saturday.

A Barrow County man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Dacula early Saturday morning.

A Barrow County sheriff's officer will not be prosecuted after shooting a Bethlehem woman during a standoff last November.

Teachers and administrators knew math would be a problem on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test this year.

Cross-county routes to provide some transportation options for drivers, especially tractor-trailer drivers, are presented in the Barrow County Comprehensive Transportation Plan supplemental study which is now ...

County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to partner with Winder city officials in applying for a $500,000 state Department of Community Affairs Employment Incentive Program grant to run a sewer line to ...

Ken Smith says if the Murray County Jail becomes overrun with illegal aliens, tents may be the answer.

A video update of the construction activities at the new Barrow County criminal justice facility will be provided at Tuesday's meeting of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners.

Lauren Blais of the City of Winder's WCTV Channel 24 checks the camera for Chandler Riley before Sarah Gay begins her interviewing Main Street Winder is committed to preserving the heritage of the community and ...

Hundreds of Northeast Georgia landowners are appealing their property taxes this year, citing a poor housing market they believe has devalued their homes and businesses.

Story updated at 11:47 PM on Thursday, June 12, 2008 WINDER - The Georgia Piedmont Arts Center has been synonymous with art in downtown Winder for the past 11 years, teaching amateurs to draw and paint, giving ...

Lawmen square off for sheriff BY KRISTI REED The two Republican candidates for Barrow County Sheriff have a lot in common.

Chairman's race highlights GOP forum BY KRISTI REED Candidates vying for chairman of the Barrow County Board of Commissioners squared off for the first time Monday night with the two challengers calling for a ...

A 10-year-old boy was shot while he and a friend played with a gun Thursday in Bethlehem.

Ron and Barbara Bauer's search for a ranch led them from Gwinnett County to adjacent Barrow County, where they bought a home in Treemont.

Barrow County is proactive in addressing CRCT matter: Miller Barrow County Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Claire Miller and Superintendent of Schools Dr.

A man is being held without bond on murder charges after police say he shot his mother in the back with a crossbow while she slept.