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In a 3-2 vote, the Baldwin City Council approved its budget Monday night. The total fiscal year 2012 general fund budget revenues are $1.52 million with expenditures totaling $1.48 million. The total enterprise funds revenues are $3.07 million for 2012 with expenses at $3.12 million. Council members Rodney King and Beverly Holcombe voted ... [Full Story »] 

Long-time personnel officer Judy Greer was fired last week by the Banks County Board of Commissioners after a 30-minute closed session. The BOC met in closed session to discuss personnel after Greer read over 12 issues she has had, including concerns over the selection of a health insurance provider for the county. The county recently changed ... [Full Story »] 

The Georgia State Patrol reports Kristin Snyder, 32, Hartwell, was killed Wednesday in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 51 South in Lula. The accident happened near Pine Hills Drive around 3:25 p.m. The state patrol says Snyder lost control of her 2006 Scion when she was negotiating a curve. The vehicle traveled down an embankment and ... [Full Story »] 

In a 3-2 vote, the Baldwin City Council agreed Monday night to include $60,000 in the new budget for a city administrator position to be held by Karen Degges, beginning Aug. 1. Council member Robert Bohannon made the motion to approve this action. Council members Jeff Parrish and Sandi Rudeseal voted in favor of the motion. Beverly Holcomb and ... [Full Story »] 

The Georgia State Patrol reports Stephen Forrester, 49, Lula, was life-flighted to Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Thursday, for injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident in Hall County. The state patrol says Forrester’s car was headed north on Interstate 985 in the Rabbittown community when it went into the median, traveled 500 feet, ... [Full Story »] 

A woman was parked at Wal-Mart just after midnight on July 4 when she was robbed by a man who said he had a gun. The victim said she was in her car with her two children waiting for her husband, who was in the store, when a man tapped on her window, according to Banks County Sheriff Charles Chapman. She said she opened the window and the man, ... [Full Story »]