Colbert News

Jim Taylor, age 75 of Mableton, passed away Jan. 28. "Big Jim" was a resident of Cobb County since 1971, was owner-operator of McDonald's for over 50 years and was active in Cobb County Parks and Recreation.

The State Botanical Garden of Georgia, 2450 S. Milledge Ave.; 542-6156 or www.uga.edu/botgarden: - Workshop: Medicinal Plants: 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.; learn about native plants with medicinal uses; $50 for nonmembers, $45 members.

DELINQUENCY: on Jan. 16, Investigator Patrick Holl was dispatched to a home in Colbert, where a man had taken a 15-year-old girl away from the home without the consent of her parents.

Madison County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a young man who fled a week ago from his grandfather's car after hearing his grandfather call 911 to report a crime his grandson had just committed, according to a Madison County Sheriff's Office report.

Two weeks after loud explosions shook homes and caused a lockdown at the county jail in Madison County, authorities are still puzzled about what caused the booming sounds that sparked a flurry of 911 calls.