Parade, other events to usher in Christmas

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Mark Beardsley
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Wednesday, December 3. 2008
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A day of activities downtown Saturday and a parade Sunday will usher the Christmas season into Commerce.


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A White Knight For BJC?

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Mark Beardsley
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Tuesday, November 25. 2008
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BJC Medical Center is courting a suitor.

The facility’s governing authority approved a nonbinding letter of intent Thursday that could lead to the sale of BJC Medical Center and the construction of a new hospital in Commerce.

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Runoff Election Is Tuesday

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Mark Beardsley
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Tuesday, November 25. 2008
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Jackson County voters will return to the polls next Tuesday to take care of some unfinished business.

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Quick Funding Of Library Expansion Not Very Likely

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Mark Beardsley
in Top Stories
Friday, November 21. 2008
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With most of the local funds in hand or committed, the expansion of the Commerce Public Library is a matter of waiting on state funding.
And no one knows how long a wait to expect.
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Early Voting Under Way For Runoffs

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Mark Beardsley
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Wednesday, November 19. 2008
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Three statewide seats will be on the ballot in the runoff election Tuesday, Dec. 2. Early voting is already under way this week.
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Budget woes could hit Commerce school staff, programs

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Mark Beardsley
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Friday, November 14. 2008
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If the state’s revenue shortfall dips to what one expert expects it to, the budget ax could fall on programs and teachers at Commerce City Schools next year.
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BJC Medical Center to quit delivering babies

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Mark Beardsley
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Wednesday, November 12. 2008
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Trying to shave its operating deficit, BJC Medical Center is closing its labor and delivery services, leaving three doctors scrambling to make alternative arrangements for patients.

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Vehicle strikes bicyclist on Maysville Road

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Mark Beardsley
in News, Top Stories
Tuesday, November 11. 2008
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A Jackson County man hit while riding his bicycle on Hwy. 98 a quarter mile east of Yarbrough-Ridgeway Road was transported to Athens Regional Medical Center Tuesday night.

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Taste Of Jackson Draws A Crowd

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Administrator
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Thursday, November 6. 2008
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The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Taste of Jackson/Business Showcase drew a large crowd to the Commerce Civic Center Thursday night. [ Full Story » ] 

Solid red: no Obama coattails in Jackson

Posted by
Mark Beardsley
in News, Top Stories
Wednesday, November 5. 2008
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America may have elected Barack Obama president in a landslide Tuesday, but the Democrat’s coattails did not extend to Georgia, and certainly not to Jackson County.
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