Entries from March 2008

Williams gets fine, probation

Wednesday, March 26. 2008
The assistant district attorney pulled into a scheme to take money from Banks County pled guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor charges of being party to a crime. Former ADA Brett Williams was fined $500 and given 12 months probation and ordered to complete 50 hours of community service on a misdemeanor charge. The action stems from the theft case made ... [Full Story »] 

Williams gets fine, probation

Wednesday, March 26. 2008
The assistant district attorney pulled into a scheme to take money from Banks County pled guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor charges of being party to a crime. Former ADA Brett Williams was fined $500 and given 12 months probation and ordered to complete 50 hours of community service on a misdemeanor charge. The action stems from the theft case made ... [Full Story »] 

Fight at MCHS on video sites

Monday, March 24. 2008
BY KRISTI REED Several students are facing criminal charges and school disciplinary measures stemming from their involvement in a large fight at Mill Creek High School last week. The altercation involved members of a group calling itself “2-1.” School officials are currently investigating “2-1” to determine whether or ... [Full Story »] 

Fight at MCHS on video sites

Monday, March 24. 2008
BY KRISTI REED Several students are facing criminal charges and school disciplinary measures stemming from their involvement in a large fight at Mill Creek High School last week. The altercation involved members of a group calling itself “2-1.” School officials are currently investigating “2-1” to determine whether or ... [Full Story »] 

CRAWFORD: The fight over Sunday sale of beer and wine

Friday, March 21. 2008
BY TOM CRAWFORD Just when it looked like Gov. Sonny Perdue and House Speaker Glenn Richardson might have run out of things to fight about in the waning days of the legislative session, along came the issue of Sunday package sales of beer and wine. Sunday sales are once again in play because a House committee has added the provision to a bill ... [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Gwinnett police over-staffed?

Friday, March 21. 2008
Dear Editor: With the price of gas so high, the police should be a bit more conscious on how to spend our tax money.  I couldn’t believe when I saw about two to three police cars within a one mile range at Sardis Church Road (from the corner of Thompson Mill Rd. to the corner of Friendship Rd.) driving back and forth going after ... [Full Story »] 

LETTER: Says developers used ‘bait and switch’

Friday, March 21. 2008
Dear Editor: Just want to say hip, hip, hurray and a big “attaboy” to all the commissioners, developers, real estate agents, and recommendation/planning board for the beautiful Roman candle street/parking lot lights at the new Publix shopping center on Hwy. 124 and 332. My family now enjoys our entire house being lit up 24 hours a ... [Full Story »] 

EDITORIAL: Tax cut smoke and mirrors

Friday, March 21. 2008
It must be an election year. Georgia legislators are tripping all over themselves to see who can pass tax cutting legislation. Some might call that “conservative political values.” But a better term might be “pandering to voters.” The current legislative tax cut war began last year when House Speaker Glenn Richardson, a ... [Full Story »] 

DA theft case hearings ahead

Friday, March 21. 2008
Hearings will be held Tuesday in Banks County Superior Court on charges filed against former Piedmont Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Brett Williams and former DA employee Linn Jones. The hearings are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Banks County Superior Court. Jones is the wife of former DA Tim Madison, who pled guilty to theft charges ... [Full Story »] 

DA theft case hearings ahead

Friday, March 21. 2008
Hearings will be held Tuesday in Banks County Superior Court on charges filed against former Piedmont Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Brett Williams and former DA employee Linn Jones. The hearings are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday in Banks County Superior Court. Jones is the wife of former DA Tim Madison, who pled guilty to theft charges ... [Full Story »] 
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