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‘Viva Las Vegas with your neon lights flashing’

February 25, 2006 Todd DeFeo

It took a little while for members of the group to realize, but there is a world outside.

ABH: Commandments rule bucked in Barrow

November 16, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Four months after Barrow County paid $150,000 in legal fees and agreed to take down a Ten Commandments display to end an American Civil Liberties Union-backed lawsuit, other copies of the Judeo-Christian doctrine were hanging in a public part of the same courthouse this week.

ABH: Man is shot, killed trying to flee police

October 25, 2005 Todd DeFeo

A city police officer shot and killed a 22-year-old convicted felon after he ran away from police and, according to authorities, flashed a loaded handgun at officers pursuing him.

ABH: Winder merchants: Old hotel not the spot for parking lot

September 6, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Saying a deck could alleviate parking problems downtown, Winder City Council members in December agreed to purchase the Old Granite Hotel building for $200,000.

ABH: Taxpayers to foot bill after Barrow loses commandments suit

August 11, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Barrow County commissioners voted 4-2 Tuesday night to spend taxpayer dollars to cover the legal fees an anonymous resident incurred when he sued the government over a Ten Commandments display at the courthouse in Winder.

ABH: Funding will drive study on proposed interstates

July 29, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Funding to the tune of $1.32 million will go toward studying the proposed Interstate 3 between Savannah and Knoxville, Tenn., under legislation the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to approve late Thursday night.

ABH: Commandments display removed

July 20, 2005 Todd DeFeo

A Ten Commandments display in the Barrow County Courthouse, which was the subject of a nearly two-year legal battle, has been quietly removed, in compliance with a federal court order.

ABH: Plans for regional jail put away for now

June 1, 2005 Todd DeFeo

The concept of a regional jail, which could house inmates from several Athens-area counties, appears to be dead.

Navy School slated for closure

May 13, 2005 Todd DeFeo

The Navy Supply Corps School, a staple of Athens’ Normaltown community for more than 50 years, will close as a part of this year’s round of Base Realignment and Closures (BRAC), according to the office of U.S. Rep. John Barrow, D-Athens.

ABH: Search ends after body found

March 8, 2005 Todd DeFeo

Investigators searching for a Winterville woman missing since July 2002 found human remains Monday in the general location where her former boyfriend claimed he buried her body more than two years ago, authorities said.