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www4MyMCR.net. Vol.48. No. 30 2 Sections, 20 Pages. Wednesday. July24,2019
By Diane Olidewell
news@mymcr.net
Like many others in Monroe
County, members of Forsyth's
Planning & Zoning Commission
want to know when Zaxby's will
be open for business. When owner
Steven Stembridge replied they ex-
pect to begin work on the building
in mid-August, one member said,
"No, no, I mean when will you be
serving chicken?"
See II BY'S Page 6A
Owners say the
Forsyth Zaxby's
will look like the
Barnesville Za-
xby's, shown at
left. (Photo~Walter
Geiger/Barnesville
Herald-Gazette)
Te harg i it l
Dante Krieger is escorted into the Monroe County courthouse on Friday to be formally charged with mur-
der. (Photo/Richard Dumas)
rde,
0 By Will Davis July 14 on Tingle Road made white undershirt and elastic-
~, r ) < pubhsher@mymcr.net his first appearance in court on waist khakis as he was formally
Friday. charged with murder as an adult
A 1 S-year-old from Covington A sullen-looking Dante Krieg-
accused of killing his aunt on er wore a blue Polo-style shirt, See MURDER Page 6A
AMBROSE
EVANS
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By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
Monroe County commissioner John
Ambrose has filed an ethics complaint
against commissioner Larry Evans for
slander after Evans accused Ambrose
of soliciting a county employee in a
public spat on Thursday, July 18.
Near the conclusion of Thursday's
regular commission meeting, Ambrose
suggested rotating which non-profits
receive county funding, saying the
county allocates funds to the same
non-profits each year.
But District 1 commissioner Larry
Evans objected, saying he thinks
Ambrose was alluding to the Hub-
bard Mumni Association and adding
the non-profits which receive county
contributions serve a purpose.
Ambrose said he was upset by a
previous comment Evans made in
which the District 1 commissioner said
Ambrose doesn't care about county
citizens.
Ambrose said, "I care about them a
See SLANDER Page 6A
IIIU! !,l llll!lU !U !1 III
The CuUoden Chevron store
at the Hwy. 74 roundabout was
forced to close to clean up last
week after it was cited for 26
health violations, many related
to rodents, roaches, flies and
their droppings in the store, by a
state inspector. The store hopes
to reopen this week flit can pass
inspection.
Store owner Simon Yang said
See CLOSED Page 6A
The Culloden
Chevron is
closed for
clean up
after a state
inspec-
tor found
rodents and
insects inside.
