Madison County’s 911 dispatch center was knocked out of service for a while Thursday, with emergency calls in Madison County routed through the dispatch center in Jackson County. A car crash on Highway 98 in Madison County took out a fiber line junction box. The center in Danielsville has now resumed normal operations.
Robin Martinelli becomes the first candidate to kick off a special election campaign in Barrow County: she says she will run to fill the District 4 seat on the Barrow County Commission, a seat that opened with recent death of Commission veteran Isaiah Berry. The election to replace Berry will be held on March 15.
The city of Winder will move into the new year without a city planning board, a board that was abolished in this week’s special called meeting of the City Council in Winder.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office says it is a coronavirus mitigation measure: the sheriff’s office in Gainesville says community precincts in Clermont, Flowery Branch, and Lula are closed to the public until further notice.