A classic car dealership will locate on Yonah Homer Road following a 3-2 vote by the Banks County Board of Commissioners at a Feb. 11 meeting.
Banks County Farm Bureau members attended the Georgia Farm Bureau Day at the Capitol February 11 and had the opportunity to meet with Senator John Wilkinson and Representative Chris Erwin.
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The Banks County Board of Commissioners unanimously agreed to a motion by chairman Jimmy Hooper at its Feb. 11 meeting to declare the county a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”
The Banks County Board of Education approved the following applications for facilities use and project requests when it met Feb. 10:
The Homer City Council will seek more information from Turnipseed Engineering about a sewer feasibility study. Turnipseed gave Homer a price of $24,500.
The Alto Town Council, on Feb. 11, approved its 2020 budgets unanimously.
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Former Banks County High School student and lifelong Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan, Kacey Reynolds, who was granted his Make-A-Wish experience of announcing the Bucs' first-round selection during last year's NFL Draft, died Sunday (Feb. 23) after a three-year battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. He was 20.
For the first time since 1995, the Banks County boys' basketball team finds itself in the Elite Eight of the state playoffs.
The Banks County baseball team's young season continued to see great signs ahead of region play with two stellar games on Saturday (Feb. 22).
Going into the Region 8-AA tournament, the Banks County Lady Leopards were on the outside looking in for a Class AA playoff spot.
The Banks County golf season begins March 2-3 with matches vs. East Hall at Chimney Oaks Golf Club. Tee times are set at 4 p.m.
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- 21 charged by sheriff's office
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A woman escaped uninjured from this residential fire on Feb. 15 in Alto. The Banks County Fire/EMS and Lee Arrendale Correctional Institute fire departments, assisted by Mutual Aid with Habersham Fire and Emergency Services. responded to 333 McDaniel Street, Alto, on a reported structure fir…
The Banks County Sheriff's Office made 21 recent arrests, including the following:
A Gillsville business owner said that someone hacked into her computer and advised her customers that she had changed her bank.
The Banks County Sheriff's Office charged 18 people recently, including the following:
Giving and giving back are very personal. Some of the wealthiest people in the world are often moved to write big checks while others take a “not so fast” stance.
Social media gets a lot of criticism, must of it rightly deserved, but it can also be a place where people go to for laughter, fellowship and even inspiration.
Dear Editor: I read the article about the Chimney Oaks Golf Course suing the City of Homer. This is really bad form on the part of the Golf Course - but all the owners care about is making mor…
He leaned down and gathered up a huge pile of snow and rolled it into the perfect circle.
DRIFTWOOD BEACH, JEKYLL ISLAND – The focal point of my most recent trip to Georgia’s arresting and seductive Golden Isles, is a stretch of beach, maybe the length of two football fields, more …
Gillsville Baptist Church will have its second community meal on Sunday, Feb. 23, at 5 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. The church is located at 2595 Highway 323, Gillsville.
As we begin planning our garden for the year, one thing that we should always remain focused on is soil health. Keeping a healthy soil full of nutrients is the greatest contributor to the prod…
The Classic Center Cultural Foundation has issued a call for artists for its upcoming Georgia Artist Collective, to be held at The Classic Center on Thursday, April 2, from 5 until 10 p.m.
The Career Coach will visit the Banks County Public Library in Homer on Thursday, February 20, from 12:30 – 4 p.m.
The Tree House, Inc. will host its 22nd annual “A Night of Hope for Children” on Friday, March 20, at 6 p.m. at The Venue at Friendship Springs. Presented by Akins, this entertaining evening i…
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Kimberly Molina-Veronico, Homer, was named to the fall semester Dean’s List at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Banks County FFA program will host its FFA Night at Culver’s, Banks Crossing, on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 5 to 8 p.m.
Evelyn Parks and Cayden Wilson are shown dressing as senior citizens on the 100th day of school celebration.
Linda Simpson, senior at Banks County High School was recently named to the dean's list at Oglethorpe University. To earn Dean’s List status students must achieve at least a 3.50 term grade-po…
Banks County High School students David Adams and Grayson Segars were recognized by the board of education for their Eagle Scout project, which will be unveiled soon at the public library.
“You know your mom will give you some of the greatest advice you’ll ever receive.” That’s what I recently told a group of teens who all seem to have great parents. They seemed to have a hundred questions when I made that statement. “Yes, the mom who monitors your cell phone almost daily, and…
The Cedar Grove Baptist Church will be celebrating its Family and Friends Day on Sunday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m.
Bush River Baptist Church will be having its “What’s on Your Mind” program for boys and men on Saturday, Feb. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Community Brotherhood will be held on Sunday, March 1, at 7:30 a.m. in the Don Stewart Hall at Homer United Methodist Church for a monthly breakfast and program.
Have you ever stood in the gap for a person who needs a touch from the Lord? At times we may find ourselves going through a battle, but thanks be to the Lord, we do not have to go through the …
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