B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsAn Athens man is seeking to have his murder trial moved out of Clarke County over fears that jurors will confuse him with a more notorious murder suspect with a similar name. A new electronic tracking system being used by Gainesville police to help track stolen items has yielded its first arrest. The Lanier High School community in Sugar Hill is hoping and praying for the best after one of its school resource officers was hit by a vehicle Wednesday morning while directing traffic. Freshman Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville witnessed his first State of the Union address as an elected representative Tuesday night, and his opinions of the event were mixed. As police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters, the revenge-seeking ex-cop they wanted was hiding among them, holed up in a vacation cabin across the street from their command post. A Blairsville man is in custody after taking his estranged wife and three children hostage and shooting another man, according to Towns County authorities. The Department of Natural Resources and Forsyth County authorities are looking for a man believed missing in Lake Lanier. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has now confirmed the body that was found in an abandoned well is that of 33-year-old Bonny Anne Cooner. Hall County Commission Chairman Dick Mecum said at Monday afternoon's commissioner work session he's not sure how the commission board will vote Thursday on the Georgia 365 sewer proposal. Ninth District Congressman Doug Collins will be holding an open house at his district office in Gainesville next week. The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce is using a new video to market the region, hoping to attract new business and thus, new jobs, to Gainesville-Hall County. The mayor of Wilmington, Del., says a man suspected of killing his wife and wounding two others at the New Castle County Courthouse is dead. Georgia state lawmakers are once again contesting their border with Tennessee in an effort to siphon Tennessee water across the state line. Pope Benedict XVI announced Monday that he would resign Feb. 28 the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years. A DeKalb County jury has convicted a man of battery in the beating of a Georgia state trooper who was injured so badly it ended her career. An amended $19 billion budget plan for Georgia now heads to the state Senate. A White County home was destroyed by fire early Friday. A fixture in the regional theatre community for two decades, the Georgia Mountain Players has announced this season will be its last. Gainesville 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. 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 | Next |
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