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Sheriff, BOC chairman races to be decided in Aug. 21 run-off

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Tuesday, July 31. 2012

The next sheriff and board of commissioners chairman will be decided in a run-off election on Aug. 21. In Tuesday’s election, Carlton Speed and Clint McCoy were the top two vote-getters in the sheriff’s race with the third candidate, Rick Darby, a distant third. Speed had 1,768 votes, while McCoy had 1,633. Darby had 541 votes. In the board ... [Full Story »]

Current election results...

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Tuesday, July 31. 2012

The following are the local election results as of 9:06 p.m. with 13 of 13 precincts reporting. The final totals will be published in Wednesday's newspaper. Sheriff Votes Tax commissioner Votes Rick Darby 541 Becky Carlan 2054 Clint McCoy 1633 Jackie Forrester 372 Carlton Speed 1768 Sheryl S. Hall 499 Becky Taylor 888 BOC, chairman Votes Jimmy ... [Full Story »]

Current election results...

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Tuesday, July 31. 2012

The following are the local election results as of 8:56 p.m. with 12 of 13 precincts reporting. The final totals will be published in Wednesday's newspaper. Sheriff Votes Tax commissioner Votes Rick Darby 462 Becky Carlan 1820 Clint McCoy 1335 Jackie Forrester 276 Carlton Speed 1591 Sheryl S. Hall 409 Becky Taylor 1183 BOC, chairman Votes ... [Full Story »]

Current election results...

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Monday, July 30. 2012

The following are the local election results as of 7:00 p.m. with XX of XX precincts reporting. The final totals will be published in Wednesday's newspaper. Sheriff Votes Tax commissioner Votes Sheriff Votes Tax commissioner Votes Rick Darby Becky Carlan Clint McCoy Jackie Forrester Carlton Speed Sheryl S. Hall Becky Taylor BOC, chairman Votes ... [Full Story »]

Osborn resigns as Baldwin police chief

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Monday, July 30. 2012

Baldwin Police Chief Daren Osborn announced on Monday that he is resigning his position effective July 29. Baldwin council member Jeff Parrish said in an email on Monday morning that Osborn asked him to notify the media on his behalf that he was resigning in order to devote his full attention to running for Towns County Sheriff. Parrish said, ... [Full Story »]

Nancy Bentley named principal at BCMS

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Tuesday, July 24. 2012

Nancy Bentley has been named as the principal of Banks County Middle School. Bentley, who was previously the assistant principal at BCES, will assume the position immediately. Prior to becoming the assistant principal at the elementary school, Ms. Bentley was the instructional lead teacher at BCMS. She began her career with the school system in ... [Full Story »]

BOE approves $35.9 million budget for 2013

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Wednesday, July 18. 2012

In a unanimous vote at Monday’s monthly meeting, the Banks County Board of Education approved the fiscal year 2013 budget totaling $35.9 million. Finance director Mike Beasley presented the budget for approval. The approved budget reflects a total increase of 8.7 percent over the 2012 budget. Superintendent Chris Erwin said the increase is ... [Full Story »]

County-cities can’t agree on sales tax allocation

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Monday, July 9. 2012

County and city leaders failed to reach an agreement Friday on how the local option sales tax should be divided up and they are now headed to court for a ruling on the issue. County leaders met in one room of the county annex in Homer to go over their proposal, while representatives from the towns met in another room to go over their proposal. ... [Full Story »]

Degges ousted as Baldwin city administrator

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Monday, July 2. 2012

Karen Degges was ousted as the city administrator of the City of Baldwin on Friday. This action came after a failed attempt to obtain four council votes in favor of including money in the 2012-13 budgets for the city administrator’s payroll and benefits and the re-appointment of Degges as city administrator. Approximately 20 people turned out ... [Full Story »]

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