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Wednesday Dec 2 | WSAV

Da Awaits Grand Jury Report In Ga. Minister Death

A north Georgia prosecutor says he will let a grand jury decide if there will be criminal charges brought against undercover drug officers involved in the killing of a Baptist minister outside a Toccoa convenience store.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Lavonia, Braselton hospitals vie for turf

A new hospital is coming to Franklin County, despite a nearby competitor's efforts to halt it.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Special prosecutors take over probe of minister's death

Rev. Ayers on a mission trip to Africa. TOCCOA - The GBI has completed it's investigation into the police shooting of a northeast Georgia pastor, now two special prosecutors will decide what happens next.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

The McDuffie Mirror

Man to make 360-mile journey in wheelchair

Brad Williams attracted the attention of hundreds of motorists as he went through portions of McDuffie and Warren counties in his wheelchair last Sunday.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Blueprint: New mill may feed economy

Michael Newton, assistant manager at the Columbia Farms chicken feed mill in Comer, talks about the direct access the new mill has to the railroads.

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Wed Sep 16, 2009

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Investigation continues into Lavonia pastor's death

Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said they are still waiting on crime lab results in the case of Jonathan Ayers, the Lavonia pastor shot and killed by Stephens County drug agents two weeks ago.

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Mon Sep 07, 2009

MyFOX Atlanta

GBI Continues Lavonia Pastor Death Probe

There were new details Monday in the shooting of a Georgia pastor who was killed by police in a botched drug sting.

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Sun Sep 06, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Minister's death leaves grief, questions

He wanted to be serving the Lord on the day he died. And friends and family said this weekend they believe that's what The Rev.

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Sat Sep 05, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Georgia Baptist pastor killed in botched drug sting

Members of a Southern Baptist church in Northeast Georgia want answers about the police-shooting death of their 29-year-old pastor in a drug-sting operation gone wrong.

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Fri Sep 04, 2009

MyFoxAtlanta

GBI Investigates Lavonia Minister Death

Officials with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday that they were investigating the death of a Lavonia minister.

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Thu Sep 03, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Family, store owner wonder if preacher knew the men who shot him were officers

Before he died Wednesday, with bullet wounds to his liver, pastor Jonathan Ayers asked paramedics who shot him.

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

13WMAZ-TV

Northeast Georgia Pastor Killed During Drug Sting

A northeast Georgia pastor has died after being shot by agents from a multi-county drug task force.

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WDUN-AM Gainesville

Lavonia minister shot, killed by drug agents

A minister at a Lavonia church has died after being shot by drug agents in Toccoa but there are questions about the circumstances surrounding the incident.

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Thu Aug 27, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Madison feed plant plans early start date

A poultry feed manufacturer plans to begin production two weeks ahead of schedule at a new plant that towers over Georgia Highway 72 near Comer and represents the first significant industrial project in Madison County in more than 20 years.

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Wed Aug 26, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Carlton couple converts barn into music hall

The Gospel Tabernacle, once James Drake's hay barn, now hosts monthly gospel shows.

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Sun Aug 23, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Report: Atlanta school CRCT cheating not deliberate

An outside investigator looking into allegations of CRCT cheating at Atlanta's Deerwood Academy said in a report released Friday afternoon that "irregularities were the result of negligence and record keeping, lack of energy and diligence in following the rules rather than deliberate attempts to alter test answers." The report appears to exonerate ...

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Sat Aug 22, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Madison feed plant plans early start date

A poultry feed manufacturer plans to begin production two weeks ahead of schedule at a new plant that towers over Georgia Highway 72 near Comer and represents the first significant industrial project in Madison County in more than 20 years.

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Mon Jul 27, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Funerals today

Bryant, William C. "Billy," 82, of Manchester; 2 p.m. at Manchester First Baptist Church; entombment in Meriwether Memory Gardens; Cox Funeral Home, Manchester, has charge of arrangements.

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Wed Jul 22, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

DOT to close 2 rest areas in Northeast Georgia

The state Department of Transportation will close two rest areas on Interstate 85 in Northeast Georgia next month as a cost-saving measure.

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Thu Jul 09, 2009

Athens Banner-Herald

Local news, weather and Georgia Bulldogs Sports for Athens GA

Investigators this morning began the painstaking task of gathering evidence from a badly decomposed body that hikers found behind a house on Atlanta Highway east of the Northeast Georgia Regional Airport.

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