B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsChestnut Grove Baptist Church in Athens is working with the D&E Group to offer a free seminar to help area homeowners avoid foreclosure. The seminar is scheduled for Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Three Gainesville men were arrested Thursday on drug charges after local agents said they found two of them growing marijuana. The congregation at Lanier Hills Church in Hall County built an athletic field for the community to use, but vandals last week destroyed the property; now, church members are hoping someone will come forward with information. Organizers said they knew it would be a busy day when nearly 500 people came through the doors of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Job Fair and Expo in the first half hour of the event. Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law a bill that changes oversight of video poker machines in the state and also opens the door for some proceeds to be directed to the HOPE scholarship program. A teenager swimming with a friend in a reservoir drowned Wednesday afternoon, according to Cherokee County authorities. Tickets for midway rides at the Georgia National Fair in Perry will increase in the wake of state budget cuts. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has announced warrants have been issued for nearly 100 people suspected of distributing child pornography over the Internet. A Dahlonega man was killed, another man was airlifted from the scene and a state trooper was injured in a crash in Lumpkin County Tuesday night. Authorities say more than 20 people have been arrested on charges related to child exploitation and prostitution in an operation designed to coincide with Atlanta hosting the NCAA Final Four. A Texas sheriff says the suspect in a stabbing attack at a Houston-area college is a man believed to be about 21-years-old who is enrolled at the school. Everyone escaped injury when fire essentially destroyed a house in the 4500 block of Cash Drive Tuesday morning. Johnson High School was left in the dark after a construction crew accidentally cut power and phone lines Tuesday morning. Members of the Atlanta Falcons will join other local celebrities Thursday, April 11 for a Celebrity Server Night at Mellow Mushroom in Gainesville. The Georgia State Patrol continues an investigation into an overturned feed truck that blocked Lula Road (Ga. Highway 52) at Julian Baught Road for most of the Tuesday morning rush hour. Authorities in Rabun County will say only that an investigation is underway following the severe beating of a 22-year-old autistic woman from Clayton, but her family wants some answers. A Roswell man has been sentenced to serve more than seven years in federal prison for selling more than $9 million in stolen property on eBay and shipping the goods across state lines. Gov. Nathan Deal on Monday praised the Georgia Army National Guard for receiving a top military award and at the same ceremony signed into law a bill aimed at helping veterans use their military certifications to obtain certain professional licenses in the state. This Friday, about 74,000 tax assessment notices will go in the mail for Hall County property owners, and this year, the numbers may look a little different. Hall County's Public Works Director Ken Rearden said ever since he came to work for the county five years ago, he's known there has been a problem with the leachate system at the county landfill. 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 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | Next |
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