Jan. 23, 2013 - The Banks County Sheriff’s Office has released names of those arrested during Monday’s early morning operation. According to officials, The Banks County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Georgia State Patrol and their aviation unit, along with officers from Pardons and Parole, and officers from the Georgia Department of Probation made arrests in Maysville, Homer, Lula and Danielsville. Sheriff Speed Pointed out that…

Jan. 22, 2013 - The 43rd annual Gainesville celebration of Martin Luther King Jr Day began with song and prayer at E.E. Butler Center yesterday afternoon. With their Gainesville Police Department escort, 150 marchers began at 1:00 PM and went from Athens Highway to Martin Luther King Boulevard, which took them to New Holland and then across Jesse Jewell Parkway to the Middle School. There the Reverend Eugene Green led a commemorative program in the…