AARP Tax-Aide begins on Tuesday,  Feb. 7 at the Barrow County Leisure Services Center. The program will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 a.m. – noon through April 15. Read More

Where’s the beef? For Statham Elementary students, the beef will be on their lunch trays January 25 and 26, as the school partners with Statham-based Lazy B Farm for Cows in the Cafeteria, a nonprofit organization designed to bring local beef to Georgia school children. Read More

Members of Tiger Cubs Pack 700 recently took their first "Go See It" trip to the Barrow County Museum. Pictured are scouts Kaden Knight, Brody Jackson, Ethan Tennancour, Joseph Bonanno, and Evan Yang. The pack is led by den leaders Hollie Tennancour and Pam Bonnano. Read More

The Barrow County Airport Authority tabled the Romanair audit for the second time at Tuesday’s meeting and formed a committee to evaluate the audit. Read More

A newly elected David Maynard made history on Monday as the first City of Winder Mayor to lead the MLK march through downtown Winder streets. Read More

Georgia Bio announces that Senator Cecil Staton (R-18th District) of Macon and Representative Terry England (R-108th District) of Auburn have been selected the 2012 Legislators of the Year for their support of the life sciences industry and university research in Georgia. Read More

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. A four-year old Winder child drowned in a bathtub Wednesday night according to Winder police. The child is the granddaughter of Auburn City Council Woman Dorissa Shackelford. The City of Auburn postponed its Thursday night business meeting due to the tragedy. Barrow Coroner David Crosby confirmed to Barrow County News on Thursday morning that there was in fact a drowning Wednesday night. Winder Police are still investigating the incident. ... Read More

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A Wednesday meeting of the Georgia Bioscience Joint Development Authority lent to more meetings. Read More

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