B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsMemorial services will be held Sunday for former Lavonia City Councilman David Whitworth, who died Wednesday at Ty Cobb Regional Hospital. Federal authorities are investigating after a Boeing 747 on approach to Atlanta's airport lost parts from its right wing that landed on a woman's house in Clayton County. Hall County authorities are looking for an armed woman who shot and robbed an employee at Wayne Wilson Pottery on Georgia Highway 365 this morning. The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members. Alpharetta in North Georgia is among the fast-growing cities in the United States, according to a federal population estimate released Thursday. A woman turned herself in to Forsyth County authorities Tuesday to face a list of charges, alleging she stole money in her role as a bank employee. The Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency's targeting of conservative groups told Congress on Wednesday that she had done nothing wrong in the episode, and then invoked her constitutional right to refuse to answer lawmakers' questions. But the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says she may be asked to return. Gaining confidence as he nailed questions about obscure island chains, bodies of water, global trade and culture, 12-year-old Sathwik Karnik cruised to victory Wednesday in the 2013 National Geographic Bee. The city of Gainesville is moving ahead with a plan to consider a new convention center and hotel project. Right in the middle of all of the rain and flooding over the weekend, thieves were at work along Gainesville Highway in the Buford-Flowery Branch area. A Forsyth County man has died following a Monday afternoon crash at the intersection of Chattahoochee and Bethel View Roads near Cumming. Gov. Nathan Deal says his administration is studying ways other states are expanding their Medicaid programs. Even though Georgia's Salvation Army units have not been mobilized for relief efforts in Oklahoma, they are on standby, according to Lt. Matt Cunningham, the Commander of Gainesville's post. Once again, the Hall County School Board has some tough decisions to make when it comes to an operating budget. Boil water advisories issued by both the City of Gainesville and the City of Flowery Branch following Sunday's drenching rains have now been lifted. Tea party groups are planning a protest at the Georgia Capitol over the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service during the 2010 and 2012 elections. At least 51 people were killed, including at least 20 children, and those numbers were expected to climb, following a horrific tornado in Moore, Oklahoma Georgia Power workers will perform maintenance work on historic Green Street Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. An atheist group based in New Jersey said it plans to send the Georgia Department of Natural Resources enough popular atheist books to place one in every state park cabin in the state. Senators working on a bipartisan immigration bill have agreed to require fingerprinting when foreigners leave the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports. Previous |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 | Next |
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