Barrow Journal

A former Winder businessman and his son were arrested last week for allegedly conspiring to commit insurance fraud. Leonard Monroe McCoy Jr., 52, who until recently owned My Heating & Air Guy Inc. at 165 W. Athens St. in Winder, and Michael Leonard McCoy, 26, of Jacksonville, Fla., turned themselves in at the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office on March 18, nine days after warrants were issued for their arrests. According to the sheriff’s office, they were each released on a $25,000 bond. [Full Story »] 

A 22-year-old Marine from Winder has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a disabled North Carolina woman who was the mother of another Marine. The arrest came hours after Barrow County Sheriff’s deputies recovered at a local address the vehicle that allegedly struck the woman. [Full Story »] 

Is the cold weather keeping people too close for comfort? Or is it the pressure of the worsening economy? Or maybe the stress of the holiday season? [Full Story »] 

A dive team from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday morning searched a pond behind the Auburn apartment complex where a man and a woman were shot Nov. 15 while sleeping. [Full Story »]