New taxiway for northeast GA airport

A northeast Georgia county is a step closer to expanding its airport. Jackson County commissioners have approved a plan to expand the county airport by 52 acres to add a second taxiway. Construction on the new taxiway will begin next year at the airport in Jefferson.

Bomb threats at schools

Even top school administrators can't escape bomb threats.

Dr. Dana Bedden experienced one on his first day of school in Richmond County.

It happened on August 13.

Bedden, who had taken the reins of the school system in Augusta less than two weeks earlier, had just arrived at Glenn Hills Middle School for a visit when it happened.

"I'm pulling up to one of our middle schools and they were just going through a bomb threat, evacuations, as soon as I pulled into the parking lot." He said he hoped "that this is not an indication of what the year's going to look like, that we're not going to have a repeat of last year."

The Richmond County school system reported numerous bomb threats last year. Officials say 70 of those threats occurred at only two schools.

A bomb threat also happened at a high school in Jefferson, Georgia, in October, just as Kathy Cox, the state schools superintendent, was paying a visit there.

Case over against former police chief

In northwest Georgia … a grand jury has decided not to re-indict former Jefferson police chief Darren Glenn. Glenn faced charges that he used police computers and equipment while working on cases for his wife's private investigation firm. A judge dismissed the first indictment because Glenn had not been allowed to testify before the grand jury.

Prosecutor may appeal case against police chief

In the former criminal case against a former northeast Georgia police chief, the special prosecutor is still deciding whether to appeal a judge's order dismissing the charges. A Jackson County judge dismissed a 30-count indictment against former Jefferson Police Chief Darren Glenn. The judge dismissed the charges because prosecutors failed to allow Glenn to testify before the grand jury that indicted him last month. The jury indicted Glenn on charges that he used department computers and equipment to run background checks while working for his wife's private investigation firm during 2005.