Brooks News

From the Annals of 1909 Jack L. Patterson was down from Sunny Side and reported things rather quiet up there, since the anti-checker ordinance was passed.

From the Annals of 1909 Dr. J.L. Gable, S.H. Martin, A.G. Jones and Ben Ogletree, of Brooks, and T.W.T. Wilson, of Haralson, were in the city on the way to Macon to attend the Masonic meeting in that city.

Early voting for this year's municipal elections in Fayette County begins Wednesday and runs until Oct.

The 2009 Pink Posse Walk took place Saturday, Sept. 19 at 8 a.m. in Brooks. The Pink Posse Walk benefits breast cancer patients in Fayette and Coweta counties by raising money to help their medical costs and day to day expenses.

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Approximately one-and-a-half hours after neighbors heard gunshots from the Athens Community Theater, students, faculty and employees received text messages alerting them of the event.

Mary Catherine Brown and Carson Benjamin Young were united in marriage on Saturday, November 22, 2008, at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Athens, Georgia.