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Reply Matt Elder (Left) With Guy Herring (Aaron Nowak/Lee Becker) The Oconee County Planning Commission voted a second time on Monday night to recommend that the Board of Commissioners not rezone 47 acres at the corner of Mars Hill Road and the Oconee Connector for a major shopping center. The vote on Monday had six Commission members recommending denial and three voting against that recommendation. The vote on Jan. 19, when the rezone first came before the Commission, had been unanimous, with ...

North Platte man charged in shooting by: The North Platte Bulletin - Apr. 8, 2021 Top News A North Platte man was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault after allegedly shooting another man in the leg the day before. Eduardo Gomez, 30, is in the Lincoln County jail, awaiting arraignment in court. Police spokesman Matt Elder said the case began on Tuesday morning at 10:29 a.m. with two 911 calls to report gunshots in the 1000 block of Rodeo Road, across the street from the North Platte ceme...

Police reports: Alleged meth dealers busted by: The North Platte Bulletin - Apr. 6, 2021 Top News Two suspected meth dealers were arrested in North Platte during the weekend after police were called in for other reaasons. The investigations led to the arrests of Austin Priest and Hiram Rodriguez, police spokesman Matt Elder said. Priest was accused of and charged with domestic assault, and police ended up searching his room, where they found contraband. Rodriguez was hanging out near Cody Scho...

As Elder has said, he always thought it would be “so cool” to put one of OTooles paintings on an Untold can label and dedicate that beer release to the charitable mission of The Pink Frame.  When he mentioned the idea to her, she was all in. After the success of the 2019 event, plans were in the works for a 2020 fundraiser, but that was put on hold due to COVID-19.  “We are following the same blueprint from last time we worked together on this event,” Elder said, “but we have adapte...

Police reports: Fugitives apprehended, fake reports investigated by: The North Platte Bulletin - Mar. 17, 2021 Top News Police found two fugitives during the weekend and took another man to jail after he repeatedly summoned police for no good reason. Trespassing Police spokesman Matt Elder said at 3:06 p.m. on Monday, March 15, officers went to the 400 block of S. Welch to check out a reported trespassing. Wesley Sharp, 48, was said to be on the property and was not wanted there.  Police were...

Microcosm of the demographics of the state of alabama with a white population of about 65%. and an african-american population of about 32%. if african-americans turn out in large number in talladega county, it could be a bellwether of their turnout across the state that bodes very well for the doug jones campaign. sean, back to you. sean sean by the way, as we bring in our panel here, joining us now with reaction is we have american conservative union chairman matt schlapp. salem nationally syn...