Hoschton News

January 23, 2010 - Comments As the bailed out bankers get billions in bonuses........ If you want to drive a society into social disorder, simply remove social controls and watch anarchy emerge quickly, very quickly......anyone remember New Orleans after Katrina????? The council voted 4-1 last week to scrap the city's three-man police department ...

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office will take over law enforcement duties in Hoschton, which has decided to dissolve its police department.

Local businesses could have an edge when bidding on government contracts if the Athens-Clarke Commission approves a new policy giving them preference over out-of-towners. Concerns that SOAR school may go private A parent and former leader of the Athens Chapter of the NAACP wants Clarke County School District leaders to explain why they are meeting ...

Danny Kofke published his book on penny-pinching in 2007 when the markets were booming and credit was easy, and no one really paid attention.

Q: When there's a disaster such as the one in Haiti, does it help or hurt when television anchor people rush to the scene? - Jim Miller, Hoschton A: On one hand, it helps focus the audience's attention and the news organizations' resources on the story and point out its importance, said David Hazinski, associate professor and head of the broadcast ...

Those who live or work in Hoschton will soon have to rely solely on the Jackson County Sheriff's Office for police assistance.

Residents got a chance Thursday morning to see plans for a new streetscapes project under consideration by the Braselton Downtown Development Authority.

Braselton through the Braselton Downtown Development Authority will hold a public hearing open house for Phase I of the Braselton Downtown Streetscape Improvements project this week.

The 47th State Senatorial race lost another announced candidate with the annoucement by Frank Ginn that he will not officially qualify to seek the seat currently held by Ralph Hudgens.

A Hoschton couple reported Sunday that burglars ransacked their home on Tapp Wood Road and stole more than $12,500 worth of their possessions while they were locked up in the Jackson County Jail over New Year's weekend.

Some metro Atlanta high school students spent their New Year's Day thousands of miles from home.

Prosecutors in Jackson and Barrow counties are hoping that two ongoing cases involving children who died will make it to trial early next year, and look to clear a couple of other cases later in 2010.

The Winder man killed in a high-speed chase after robbing a Dollar General in Monroe also held up Dollar General stores last week in Bethlehem and Hoschton, police said.

Hoschton Police Chief Jeremy Howell informed his staff this morning that he would be resigning his position, according to city officials.

Q: How many sets of Rockette dancers are there, since there are shows that go on in different cities at the same time? - Martha Hunt, Hoschton A: There are three sets each of about 22 Radio City Rockettes in the "Radio City Christmas Spectacular" theatrical tour, one set of 18 in the national arena tour and two sets each of 36 dancers in New York, ...

South Hall Business Coalition discovered the wonders of active adult living communities Wednesday morning.

Most kids love the holidays -- and all the giving and getting that goes with them.

Girl Scout Junior, Dawn Tumillo, from Girl Scout troop 1687 in Dacula, Georgia, will receive the Medal of Honor a ' Girl Scout Lifesaving Award at a special ceremony on Monday, Dec.

A federal grand jury Friday convicted a Hoschton woman who served as the point person in a multimillion-dollar investment scam on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy.

A second Georgia resident has been convicted for taking part in a $3.7 million advance fee fraud case.