Sikes, Smith headed for District Attorney runoff

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
District Attorney candidate Donna Sikes made a point of her opponents’ past work for former disgraced district attorney Tim Madison during the Primary campaign and Tuesday night, it appeared her strategy had an impact. Sikes led the three-person race with a cumulative 5,129 votes and will be in a run-off with former Assistant District ... [Full Story »] 

Garrison, Yearwood to speak at GOP meeting

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Barrow County chairman candidates Doug Garrison and Danny Yearwood will speak at the Monday, July 21 meeting of the Barrow County Republican Party. Each candidate will be allowed two minutes to speak. Garrison and Yearwood will face each other in a runoff election on August 5. The featured speaker Monday night will be talk show host Martha ... [Full Story »] 

Sikes, Smith headed for DA runoff

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
District Attorney candidate Donna Sikes made a point of her opponents past work for former disgraced district attorney Tim Madison during the Primary campaign and Tuesday night, it appeared her strategy had an impact. Sikes led the three-person race with a cumulative 5,129 votes and will be in a run-off with former Assistant District Attorney ... [Full Story »] 

Thomas, Scogin narrowly win in Tues. primaries; Bond defeats Jordan; Pethel faces runoff versus Fitzpatrick

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Clayton Lowe, Kip Thomas to face off in November for sheriff’s seat Given the close races Tuesday night, Mike Youngblood could have found himself the last man standing — or rather sitting — at the commissioners’ table come January. The District 3 commissioner was the only BOC member unopposed this year. And his fellow board members ... [Full Story »] 

Hearing set in Barrow-Gainesville hospital court fight

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Bowers now representing Barrow in row with NEGA Medical A court hearing on a lawsuit centering on a new hospital in Braselton has been set for Thursday, Sept. 4, at 9 a.m. in Barrow County. Since the lawsuit was filed, Barrow Regional Medical Center has retained former Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers to represent the company in its bid ... [Full Story »] 

Big changes in store for Barrow County

Posted by
BarrowJournal
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
BY KRISTI REED After months of intense campaigning, the book has closed on several Barrow County races. The races for Dist. 1 commissioner, Dist. 2 commissioner and Clerk of Superior Court are now over. The chairman’s race is headed for a runoff and, in perhaps the biggest upset of the night, a Winder police sergeant defeated a longtime ... [Full Story »] 

Johnson, Bicknell headed for run-off

Posted by
JacksonHeraldTODAY
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Ron Johnson and Hunter Bicknell are headed to a run-off election Aug. 5 in their bid for the chairmanship of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners. Bicknell led the way with 42 percent of the vote to Johnson’s 31 percent and Tony Beatty’s 28 percent. County-wide, only 25 percent of voters turned out for the election. Johnson said ... [Full Story »] 

Another Publix in Braselton?

Posted by
BraseltonNewsTODAY
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Is Publix looking at opening another grocery store in Braselton? According to plans given to town officials last week, that's a possibility. Halvorsen Development of Boca Raton, Fla., submitted construction plans to Braselton for a 46,500 square-foot Publix at the intersection of Spout Springs Road and the proposed re-alignment of Friendship ... [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Praises sheriff’s office for raid of dog fighting operation

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Dear Editor: We would like to offer our enthusiastic thanks and congratulations to Madison County Sheriff Lowe and his dedicated officers on their successful raid on a major dogfighting operation and making the first arrests under our State’s new anti-dog fighting law. I was on the scene, and can tell you that the county is fortunate to have ... [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Thanks for support during difficult time

Posted by
MadisonJournalTODAY
Wednesday, July 16. 2008
Dear Editor: To Sheriff Clayton Lowe, Investigator Cody Cross and the Madison County sheriff officers. We, the family of Don Boswell, want to express our thanks and sincere appreciation for the efforts that you and your staff put forth in helping us locate our loved one. Unfortunately, the situation did not turn out in our favor as we lost a ... [Full Story »] 
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