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Board of Commissioners consider added 50 cents 911 surcharge
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:41.By Tara DeRock Mahoney
Senior Staff Writers
Morgan County Commissioners will discuss at their work session later this month whether to approve a 50-cent surcharge on telephone bills for Emergency-911 services. The new charge could eventually help fund a new E-911 command center within the new jail building on Highway 83 in Madison.
Former fire chief pleads guilty to marijuana charge
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:41.By Patrick Yost
Editor
Former Buckhead Volunteer Fire Chief Tom Prochnow pled guilty last Wednesday, October 26 to one count manufacture of marijuana and one count possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Morgan County Teachers of the year named
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:37.By Kathryn Purcell
Managing Editor
Last Thursday and Friday, much to the surprise of the four local teachers, Morgan County Primary, Elementary, Middle and High schools named their respective Teachers of the Year.
$2.5 million bike trail proposed
Submitted by editor on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:36.By Whitney Skeeters
Staff Writer
Local biking and jogging enthusiasts are rallying together to support a Rails-to-Trails movement in Morgan and surrounding counties.
Assisted living home proposed for Old Buckhead Road
Submitted by editor on Fri, 10/31/2008 - 17:58.By Tara DeRock Mahoney
Senior Staff Writer
Morgan County Planning Commission members held an initial public hearing last week for a conditional use request for an assisted living facility to be located on Old Buckhead Road.
BOE prepares for accreditation visit
Submitted by editor on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 15:06.By Brandon Park
Staff Writer
On March 1, a Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) team will visit the Morgan County school system for the district-wide accreditation visit.
All schools in the Morgan County school system will be evaluated during the four day visit.