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The Banks County Board of Commissioners approved a settlement in a pending litigation case during a called meeting Friday morning. The BOC met in closed session during the called meeting on Friday to discuss the possible litigation by John Seigler of JTS Trucking Inc. The commissioners met for 15 minutes in closed session with Randall Frost, ... [Full Story »] 

The Homer Volunteer Fire Department in Banks County will host a regional meeting with the Georgia Firefighters Standards and Training Council’s Executive Director Lyn Pardue. The meeting will be on Monday, Nov. 15, beginning at 7 p.m. and will last as long as the questions and answers concerning the new rule changes involving Title 25 of the ... [Full Story »] 

A hearing is scheduled Wednesday afternoon on a lawsuit filed by six Banks County residents over election violations that they believe occurred. Bobby Caudell, Pat Westmoreland, Ray Holcomb, Robert Marshburn, Keith Rucker and Henry Taylor IV filed the lawsuit against Probate Judge Betty Thomas. A hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ... [Full Story »] 

A hearing scheduled Wednesday afternoon on a lawsuit filed by six Banks County residents over election violations that they believe occurred was postponed after their attorney filed a motion asking that the case be transferred to federal court in Gainesville. Bobby Caudell, Pat Westmoreland, Ray Holcomb, Robert Marshburn, Keith Rucker and Henry ... [Full Story »] 

BY KRISTI REED It’s coming. We have been warned for years and now it appears the Fed is going to pull one of its most dangerous tools out of the bag – inflation. If you thought your financial situation was bad before, it may be about to get a lot worse. Even though leading economists claim the recession ended in mid-2009, reality has ... [Full Story »]