Todd DeFeo, Author at Sightseers' Delight

ABH: Plans for regional jail put away for now

June 1, 2005 Todd DeFeo

The concept of a regional jail, which could house inmates from several Athens-area counties, appears to be dead.

Depot renovation on track

May 20, 2005 Todd DeFeo

For more than 120 years, the city’s historic train depot has served as the centerpiece of this western Jackson County town.

All’s still well in the city of Hull

May 16, 2005 Todd DeFeo

It’s so small that at one point in 2003, the only city council members were the mayor and his w

Navy School slated for closure

May 13, 2005 Todd DeFeo

The Navy Supply Corps School, a staple of Athens’ Normaltown community for more than 50 years, will close as a part of this year’s round of Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC), according to the office of U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Athens.

Some see old courthouses as part community foundation

April 25, 2005 Todd DeFeo

For some, they no longer serve as the centerpiece of government, now little more than a half-occupied office building housing only one or two government offices. But courthouses are the heart of a community.

ABH: Search ends after body found

March 8, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Investigators searching for a Winterville woman missing since July 2002 found human remains Monday in the general location where her former boyfriend claimed he buried her body more than two years ago, authorities said.

ABH: Police dig up golf course for body

March 2, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Authorities dug up the 13th hole of a Braselton golf course on Tuesday looking for the body of a Winterville woman missing since July 2002.

ABH: Commerce schools consider student drug tests

February 25, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Commerce City Schools officials could begin to randomly drug test students’ saliva – whether or not they show signs of using illicit substances.

ABH: Pendergrass officer slain

December 30, 2004 Todd DeFeo

A Pendergrass police officer was shot and killed Wednesday evening, following a chase of a pickup truck on U.S. Highway 129, authorities said.

ABH: Winder looking to build parking deck downtown

December 27, 2004 Todd DeFeo

In an effort to alleviate parking problems downtown, the Winder City Council last week agreed to purchase an old hotel building on Broad Street for $200,000.