Winder News

With the state of Georgia declaring the drought over, people broke out their hoses, filled up their kiddie pools and tried to reclaim the grass that had suffered from years of watering restrictions.

Georgia will name Nevada coach Mark Fox as its new men's basketball coach according to various media reports late Thursday.

Eighth grade students from Haymon-Morris Middle took a tour in May of the Barrow County Museum and completed the Winder Walking Tour.

The City of Winder is hoping to clear up a little FOG. A fee schedule has been set in place by the Winder City Council, which met Tuesday evening for its monthly meeting.

A single-engine plane made an emergency crash landing at the Winder-Barrow Airport Tuesday morning just after 11:30 a.m. The pilot lost control of the plane and crashed The pilot walked away with no injuries.

The state patrol reports 19 fatalities on Georgia's roads for the holiday weekend... two of them in northeast Georgia, including a 19-year-old Barrow County woman.

The Winder City Council will be holding a work session on Monday prior to its monthly meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. The work session agenda has some discussion and voting items on it, including: The city is discussing employee recognition for Records Clerk Elaine Turner.

To include yourself or your loved one in "Winder Salutes," please submit the following information to windersalutes@cityofwinder.com : Service member's name Rank Branch of service Years or dates of service Status If killed in action, please provide date and location if known.

A 19-year-old Winder woman died after her Lincoln Navigator overturned several times Thursday night on the Athens Perimeter.

A six-month undercover criminal investigation by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office culminated Monday morning with arrests of some of the suspects wanted for drug-related and other crimes.

Winder-Barrow Brad Akins YMCA 27th annual Summer's End Road Race will be Saturday, Aug.

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

There are plenty of tournaments for grown-ups that come to the golf courses in Barrow County.

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 Winder Police Department is in the running for a top award from the Georgia Association of Police Chiefs.

A soldier from Calhoun who was killed in Afghanistan over the weekend served with the 1st Battalion of the 121st Infantry Regiment, an Army National Guard unit that has two companies based in Winder.

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.

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.

This is only a drill; this is not an actual emergency - but if it had been, an airplane apparently hijacked from Atlanta would have crashed near Chapel Christian Church on Thursday morning.

An autopsy is being conducted at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab to hopefully determine what brought about the death of a 28-year-old Winder man.