Banks County News

The heavy rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida wasn't the only weather problem Wednesday as high winds knocked trees down onto power lines, causing a major power outage that shut down one northeast Georgia school system.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Harassment: On Oct.

Voters in northeast Georgia this morning were keeping election workers busy in some places while elsewhere it had been slow.

Seven candidates vying for two newly created Banks County Commission posts fielded questions in a political forum in Homer hosted by the Banks County Chamber of Commerce Thursday night.

A Maysville man may never be tried in connection with an August 2007 murder in Banks County, but 10 shotgun shells got him 15 years in prison on federal weapons charges Wednesday.

The Tennessee hospital management firm planning to the purchase and rehabilitate cash-strapped BJC Medical Center in Commerce is moving forward with its plan, but has yet to ask for state approval of the deal.

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Restaurants in the Banks County town of Maysville will not be serving beer and wine to patrons.

Banks, Barrow, Forsyth and Rabun counties will each receive a portion of the $331 million Gov.

The winning bid is in for the new sewer pump station in Lula, after Monday night's meeting.

For two decades, the Madison County-based Broad River Watershed Association has dedicated itself to the protection and management of the mighty Broad River, which flows south through nearly a dozen Northeast Georgia counties.

If It's Labor Day weekend it must be festival time in Homer, Georgia. In fact it's the 37th Annual Homer Banks County Festival in a town celebrating it's 150th birthday.

Monday drew mostly incumbents seeking re-election as qualifying got started for this November's municipal races.

Officials with the City of Lula found out Tuesday that their city is among the ten communities in North Georgia getting an American Recovery and Reinvestment Grant.

The funeral for Banks County Coroner William Henry Galloway will be held Tuesday at 2:00 at Grove Level Baptist Church.

The Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center has struggled in recent years with short- and long-term debts.

The Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center has struggled in recent years with short- and long-term debts.

The Banks-Jackson-Commerce Medical Center has struggled in recent years with short- and long-term debts.

Wires, center, mark the spot Wednesday where a Wachovia bank ATM used to sit before it was stolen this week from the bank's branch on Mitchell Bridge Road.

A Lula man was killed in a one-car accident in Banks County Tuesday afternoon, the Georgia State Patrol said.