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And finally ... Peace in Coal Creek
By CHRIS SILCOX
- Sun, May 19, 2013
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| Several state and local dignitaries joined Barry Thacker and Carol Moore, of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, on Friday morning, May 17, for a ceremony “officially” ending hostilities of the Coal Creek War with the signing of a Peace Treaty some - Chris Silcox |
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Fourth and fifth-grade Briceville Elementary School students were joined by several local and state dignitaries on a wooded hillside on a side road in the Beech Grove community of Lake City Friday morning, May 17, to “officially” sign treaties to end the hostilities of Coal Creek War, an armed labor uprising fought in those same hills and valleys more than 120 years earlier.
The Coal Creek War began in 1891 when coal mine owners in the Coal Creek Watershed attempted to replace free coal mine workers with convict miners leased out by the government.
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City will have first reading of budget May 23
By KEN LEINART
- Sun, May 19, 2013
Clinton City Council has moved it’s meeting time to Thursday, May 23, because of Memorial Day.
At the May 23 meeting Clinton City Council will have its first reading of the 2013-2014 budget.
For the fourth year there will be no property rate increase for Clinton residents.
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County Law Director speaks out
By CHRIS SILCOX
- Sun, May 19, 2013
Anderson County Law Director Jay Yeager went on the defense this week in response to damning accusations toward his office made by Mayor Terry Frank at the Wednesday, May 9, Budget Committee workshop when announcing her 2013-2014 budget proposal.
Yeager stated that the allegations made by Frank regarding his office were not only false and misleading but in some cases outright lies.
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Analysis shows drop in crime
By CHRIS SILCOX
- Sun, May 19, 2013
An in-depth Anderson County Sheriff’s Department operational analysis for 2012 revealed that overall crime in Anderson County declined significantly over the previous 24 months but despite the diminished number of incidents the county’s jail population continues to soar.
The analysis, released by the Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, May 14, states that overall crime is down 15.40-percent from 2011 and down 24.53-percent over the last two years.
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