Brooks News

Outgoing Griffin Board of Commissioners member Rodney McCorda s challenge to the legitimacy of his successor Shaheer Beyaha s election has moved up the administrative ladder since it was filed.

Dick Brooks, senior vice president at First National Bank, looks at the Christmas wishes of local children, hanging from the Angel Tree in the bank's lobby.

From the Annals of 1909 Rev. A.C. Smith attended the annual reunion of the survivors of the 30th Georgia regiment at Douglasville and reported a fine reunion and a most enjoyable time.

Orange County authorities have identified two women killed in a wreck Thanksgiving morning.

From the Annals of 1909 Talk about financiers. The Monroe Advisor said the finest in the world were the wives of the men earning $1.50 a day, who raise, feed, clothe and educate anywhere from four to 10 children on it.

From the Annals of 1909 Jack L. Patterson was down from Sunny Side and reported things rather quiet up there, since the anti-checker ordinance was passed.

From the Annals of 1909 Dr. J.L. Gable, S.H. Martin, A.G. Jones and Ben Ogletree, of Brooks, and T.W.T. Wilson, of Haralson, were in the city on the way to Macon to attend the Masonic meeting in that city.

Early voting for this year's municipal elections in Fayette County begins Wednesday and runs until Oct.

The 2009 Pink Posse Walk took place Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. in Brooks. The Pink Posse Walk benefits breast cancer patients in Fayette and Coweta counties by raising money to help their medical costs and day to day expenses.

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