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Former president says fraud helped bring bank down

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Mark Beardsley
Wednesday, February 3. 2010
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Community Bank & Trust, taken over by state and federal bank regulators Friday night and sold to Orangeburg, SC-based SCBT N.A. Saturday, was a victim of both fraud and bad loans, a former official insists.

“There’s some people in our company going to jail,” said Elton Collins, who until Friday evening at 5:00 was president of Jackson County operations. “I know damn well they’re going to jail.”
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Updated: Water and sewerage rate hikes likely

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Mark Beardsley
Wednesday, February 3. 2010
Updated: 5 days ago
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Increased costs to retire bond debt appear to make rate hikes for Commerce water and sewer customers inevitable by ... [Full Story »]
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Public Safety

Local man bilked in mortgage scam

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Mark Beardsley
Wednesday, February 3. 2010
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A Commerce man who sought help in renegotiating his mortgage lost $2,500 in what appears to be a scam, according to ... [Full Story »]
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On government finance

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Mark Beardsley
Wednesday, February 3. 2010
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By Willis Cook

If you’re like me, the one thing you have heard all your life is that government deficits are ... [Full Story »]
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Sports

CHS Wrestlers Prepare For Area; State

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MainStreetNewsSports
Saturday, February 6. 2010
Commerce wrestlers are just over a week away from the Area Tournament, which will determine which members advance to ... [Full Story »]
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Obituaries

Cordelia Akins

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MainStreetNewsObits
Monday, February 8. 2010
ATHENS – Cordelia Watson Akins, 94, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at Athens Heritage Home.

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