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2 months ago | 
mainstreetnews.com | Jim Thompson
The Barrow County School System has received more than $200,000 in grants from a crisis fund set up by the nonprofit Barrow Community Foundation in the wake of the Sept. 4 shooting at Apalachee High School that left two teachers and two students dead and injured seven other people, according to a presentation to the school board at its Jan. 28 non-voting work session.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
mainstreetnews.com | Jim Thompson
One day after a student at Apalachee High School was arrested for bringing a gun to campus - and four months after another student fatally shot two teachers and two students at the school - the Barrow County Board of Education on Thursday unanimously approved a $700,000 expenditure to install metal detectors in its three high schools.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
covnews.com | Jim Thompson
News of a conditional $6.6 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Energy that could restart construction of the planned Rivian electric vehicle and battery plant in the Stanton Springs industrial park near Social Circle was greeted enthusiastically, if somewhat reservedly, Tuesday by the Joint Development Authority of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton Counties (JDA).
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mainstreetnews.com | Jim Thompson
By Jim Thompson The Statham City Council set the stage at its non-voting Tuesday work session for possible increases in a number of municipal business-related licensing and regulatory fees. The proposed fee increases, for certain types of gaming enterprises, alcohol licenses and business licenses, likely will get a vote at the council's next voting meeting, set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Statham Community Center.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
waltontribune.com | Jim Thompson
The Loganville Planning Commission is recommending that the Loganville City Council reject a rezoning request for 26 acres at 4615 Atlanta Highway where a residential developer is proposing a 125-townhome project fronted by two restaurants.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
highlandcountypress.com | Jim Thompson
By Jim ThompsonHCP columnistThere are roughly 100 days until the presidential election. It is a finite time. Any time spent discussing such a useless question as the color of the candidates’ skin or how one categorizes them after said pigmentation has been determined is a waste of time. These 100 days should be spent discussing their track record and their vision for the future should they win. This is what federal labor law demands when we interview potential employees. Does it not also apply here?
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May 16, 2024 | 
highlandcountypress.com | Jim Thompson
By Jim ThompsonHCP columnistIn John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address of 1961, he said, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” In the 63 years since then, some, more than others, but all for certain, have gone exactly the other way. In the back of everyone’s mind is the idea that we are going to get more from the government than we pay into the government.
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May 11, 2024 | 
highlandcountypress.com | Jim Thompson
By Jim ThompsonHCP columnistAs many of you know, Laura and I are involved in mission work in the western highlands of Guatemala. We recently received correspondence from one of the missions we support – La Casa de la Paz, The House of Peace. This mission works with mothers with children whose husbands have abandoned them, a common practice in Guatemala. Men abandoning their families has been a societal practice in Guatemala for a long time. Now, it has a new twist.
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May 2, 2024 | 
highlandcountypress.com | Jim Thompson
By Jim ThompsonHCP columnistI remember 1968 as a year of assassinations and riots. The riots were related to racial issues and the Vietnam War, particularly the draft. The Democratic Convention was held in Chicago. The Democratic Convention was a riot in the streets of its own making. Fifty-six years later, here we are again. The riots of the moment are racial issues, in this case anti-Semitism, and war – the war in Gaza primarily.
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Nov 24, 2023 | 
electricliterature.com | Jim Thompson |S. A. Cosby |Richard Ford |Lee Goldberg
A great heist story features criminals we love to hate. While we disagree with their actions, a team of thieves is bound to bring drama and keep the pages turning. This genre has been immortalized in classic films like the Ocean’s 11 series, but there is a bevy of fantastic novels that push the boundaries of what crime fiction and literature is and give us robbers with intricate schemes that tantalize readers with their exploits.
