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Officials investigate fatal shooting by deputy Found: 3 Days 4 Hours 44 Minutes ago Georgia Examiner - Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man who reportedly pointed a shotgun at a Walton County sheriff's deputy. Sheriff's Capt. Chris Cannon says deputies were dispatched to a disturbance call at a Monroe home early Monday morning after a report that someone with mental health issues was threatening suicide. ...
Students start heading back; Madison opens freshman academy Found: 2 Weeks 6 Days 3 Hours 44 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - Teachers and administrators are calling them "the stay-back" kids. They're the group of more than 350 rising freshmen in the Madison County School District who will start school today in their old middle school, while rising sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders begin classes in the newly built Madison County Middle School....
A nameless victim of hate no longer Found: 3 Weeks 4 Days 13 Hours 22 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - MONROE - An annual call for justice took on new meaning Friday for the dozens of people who gathered in Walton County to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the Moore's Ford lynching....
EPD OK's water planning regions Found: 1 Month 1 Week 3 Days 11 Hours 34 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - The state Environmental Protection Division set the boundaries for 11 state water planning regions and is seeking nominations for members of regional water planning councils, which will help write a statewide water plan....
Cowsert cruises in 46th District contest Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 6 Hours 9 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - Republican voters overwhelmingly endorsed state Sen. Bill Cowsert for a second term Tuesday....
Walton residents emphasize progress since lynchings Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 3 Days 10 Hours 25 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - Look up "Moore's Ford" in a 1967 Walton County history book and you'll find that, more than a century earlier, a local farmer scraped a road from his "cotton machine" to the ford, a shallow crossing over the Apalachee River....
Michael Odom: Moore's Ford probe went to highest levels of power Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 4 Days 10 Hours 46 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - The Athens Banner-Herald's coverage of the investigation into the 1946 lynching of two black couples at the Moore's Ford bridge on the Walton County-Oconee County line is appreciated, but a key component of the story was overlooked in recent coverage....
Clarke chief judge candidates remain respectful Found: 1 Month 2 Weeks 4 Days 10 Hours 47 Minutes ago Athens Banner-Herald - The two Democratic candidates for Athens-Clarke Magistrate Court chief judge have differences, but they remain cordial as Tuesday's primary approaches....
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