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Savannah-area coroner resigns amid questions over spending

...expenses Metts had billed to county taxpayers since 2003. Memos obtained under Georgia's open records law show County Manager Russ Abolt ordered the audit in June, the newspaper said.Roy Hinely, the county's internal audit director...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-30/savannah-area-coroner-resigns
Officials caution children to avoid wild animals

...bat and played with it, though testing later revealed it was not rabid, said Randy Wishard, environmental health county manager for the health department. Then last week, a group of kids in Augusta found a dead bat and also started playing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2012-06-05/officials-caution-children-a
Strength says farewell with stories of his time as sheriff

...morning, but they couldn't decide which one of us should be chief. So they appointed Dayton Sher rouse who was county manager as interim chief. About a month later, they appointed Freddie Sanders. He called me in the DA's office and asked...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2012-09-15/strength-says-f
Thomson worker in drinking and driving incident out on medical leave

...was made to reconcile what the employee was being paid with what he had been told he would be paid, but McDuffie County Manager Don Norton has said the proper procedure was not followed.In her appeal hearing before the commission in May, Smith...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2011-07-06/thomson-worker-drinking-
Bat bite might have exposed Richmond County boy to rabies

...what he thought was a leaf in a swimming pool, but it turned out to be a bat that bit him, said Randy Wishard, the county manager for environmental health for the Richmond County Health Department.The boy was treated at Medical College of Georgia...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2011-08-11/bat-bite-might-have-exposed-
Ten Commandments fight continues in Florida

...accuse outsiders of trampling on their way of life."We have not had one negative comment from the community," said county manager Mike Cassidy, 48, a fourth-generation Floridian who grew up in Cross City."There will be people standing around...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/your-faith/2011-08-12/ten-commandments-fight-c
White powder in mail closes Georgia courthouse

...I've heard something like this reported, it turns out to be a hoax, but there are those times that it's not,'' County Manager Parrish Barwick said. "We have to follow protocols and let law enforcement do its job."Barwick said daily access...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-11-30/white-powder-mail-closes-geo
Tale of one city is an endless source of drama

...being ranked the No. 10 "brokest city" by an online news magazine, Russell being one of eight finalists for the county manager's job in Sarasota, Fla.; sparse commissioner participation in a workshop aimed at solving next year's projected...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2011-11-05/tale-one-city-e
Time for annual Turkey of the Year Awards

...Commission, I'm on hospital duty and all hell breaks loose.City Administrator Fred Russell goes off to interview for a county manager's job in Sarasota, Fla., which he didn't get; Commissioners Bill Lockett, Alvin Mason and J.R. Hatney storm...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2011-11-19/time-annual-tur
Ga. man wants to save one-room jailhouse

...We wait for the sales tax kettle to build up before we start," Brown said.Brown said he's leaving it to the county manager and facilities manager to figure out what preserving the old jail would cost, but so far it looks prohibitive.Not...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2011-12-28/ga-man-wants-save-one-ro