B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsGainesville firefighters are back on the scene of a fire at Purina Feed Mill on the east side of the city. Gov. Nathan Deal and state lawmakers have reached an agreement to lower the grade requirements to qualify for HOPE grants at Georgia technical schools. Gainesville police have released two photos of a woman believed responsible for identity theft, and they're hoping the public can help investigators find her. The GBI has now joined the sheriff's department in Franklin County in the search for a single mother who has been missing for more than a week. Former City of Gainesville Fire Chief Dick Taylor passed away Wednesday following a brief illness. A familiar canine presence will be missing from the Hall County Courthouse after the Tuesday death of Olaf, a 9-year-old German Shepherd whose daily job was to sniff out explosives. Hall County Sheriff's investigators have arrested a 14-year-old student at Chestatee Academy for making threats of a shooting at school. Three teenagers, one a self-professed gang member, have been arrested for causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to a park in Jackson County. An early morning fire Wednesday heavily damaged a home north of Cleveland. More than two dozen vehicles collided in a fiery pileup on a foggy Georgia interstate on Wednesday morning, killing at least three people and leaving several others hurt, officials said. After a search that lasted 12 hours, authorities have found a Fannin County man who is accused of stabbing his girlfriend and then fleeing with the couple's two young children. The head of the letter carriers union says eliminating Saturday mail delivery is a "disastrous idea." With their first opportunity to address gun laws since a lone shooter killed 20 Connecticut schoolchildren in December, Georgia lawmakers decided to do nothing. At least until next week. For six anguished days, people in Midland City, Ala. asked just one question about the 5-year-old boy being held hostage in an underground bunker by a menacing, unpredictable neighbor: "Is he free yet?" Among the 400 attendees at this week's Capitol Connection Conference are three Hall County commissioners and the commission chairman. A 10,000 square foot home east of Cumming was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. The Georgia Board of Regents has voted unanimously to hire University of Georgia Provost Jere Morehead to succeed Michael Adams as university president. Investigators say they have arrested a 30-year-old Gainesville man in connection with a recent string of purse snatchings in the city. The Georgia Department of Transportation Monday approved a contract for the construction of a new $8.7 million bridge across Lake Lanier at the Olympic Rowing venue in Gainesville. With the approach of Severe Weather Awareness Week next week, Hall County has launched a new mass emergency alert system. 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 | Next |
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