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State legislators listen to issues in Jones County
Jones County’s state senators had lunch with local officials last weekend to discuss the needs of the community and answer questions about upcoming legislation. Senators Cecil Staton (R-Macon) an...
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Gray bypass acquisitions to begin in February
During a presentation for the grassroots organization Jones County People Looking Ahead Now ( PLAN ) this past weekend, a local property owner updated progress on the North Gray Bypass, referring ...
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Commissioners roll back millage, listen to objections
Jones County taxpayers voiced their objections about rising taxes at two public hearings Nov.27 and again last week before the commissioners set the tax rate. Commissioners rolled back the county...
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Fargo officials: Don't celebrate flood victory yet (AP)

An unidentified man holds a dog on the stairs connected to the Moorhead, Minn. parking ramp on Friday, March 19, 2010 as they look at a partially submerged stop sign. The Red River is expected to crest over the weekend. (AP Photo/Jay Pickthorn)AP - A city used to fighting floods was confident Saturday that it had done enough to hold back the swelling Red River — even as the water inched higher — but officials stressed that it was too early to celebrate.


Sat Mar 20 13:03:22 -0500 2010
Teen charged in NJ Walmart racial comment case (AP)

Washington Township Police chief Rafael Muniz, left, listens as Gloucester County, New Jersey prosecutor Sean Dalton answers a question Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Washington Township, N.J., as they announce police have arrested a 16-year-old Atlantic County boy on charges of harassment and bias intimidation in the case of a racial comment that was made over the public-address system at a Wal Mart store in southern New Jersey. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP - A 16-year-old boy patronizing a Walmart store in southern New Jersey took over the public-address system and ordered black people to leave, angering customers and prompting company leaders to apologize, police said Saturday.


Sat Mar 20 13:10:36 -0500 2010
Former Interior Secretary Udall dies at age 90 (AP)
AP - Stewart Udall, who sowed the seeds of the modern environmental movement as secretary of the interior during the 1960s and later became a crusader for victims of radiation exposure from the government's Cold War nuclear programs, died Saturday. He was 90.
Sat Mar 20 13:16:35 -0500 2010
Thousands rally on anniversary of invasion of Iraq (AP)
AP - Thousands of protesters carried signs reading "Indict Bush Now" and flag-draped cardboard coffins on Saturday, urging President Barack Obama to withdraw troops from Iraq on the seventh anniversary of the U.S. invasion.
Sat Mar 20 13:16:19 -0500 2010