B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsA Cumming man was killed Friday morning when he veered into the path of a tractor trailer on Georgia Highway 369 in west Forsyth County. Typically, the Salvation Army red kettles start popping up for the Christmas season right about now. This year, though, you won't see the bulk of the kettles until the day after Thanksgiving. Barrow County authorities are continuing to search for an inmate who they say escaped from custody by leaving a work crew near Bethlehem. The bodies of a man and a woman have been found in two barrels discovered in Lake Hartwell on the Georgia-South Carolina line. Federal officials say they're lowering Lake Lanier's water level and increasing the flow of water downstream to ease drought conditions in parts of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. The Georgia Water Coalition, a water protection watchdog group, has named its “Dirty Dozen” for 2012, and two of the offenders are located in Hall County. The Georgia State Patrol says five people, three of them children, were taken to the hospital following a head-on crash on Highway 53 East between War Hill Park and the Forsyth County line Wednesday morning. The sex scandal that led to CIA Director David Petraeus' downfall widened Tuesday, ensnaring another acclaimed military figure with word the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate communications" with a woman who received threatening emails from Petraeus' girlfriend. The Barrow County Sheriff's Office continues to search for an inmate who walked away from a work detail Monday afternoon. Lumpkin County authorities are not able to release many details, but they have confirmed that a 3-year-old boy was seriously burned by boiling water Monday afternoon. All across the north Georgia area, citizens spent the Veterans Day weekend saluting those who have served in the military. An Atlanta television news anchor was arrested over the weekend and charged with DUI after she was involved in a wrong way accident in Atlanta About a dozen employers will participate in a Mini Fall Job Fair at Gainesville State College Tuesday. Hall County authorities reopened northbound I-985 almost two hours after it was closed down following an accident involving an overturned tractor trailer Monday morning. Now that Georgia voters have approved a constitutional amendment affirming the state's authority to create special public schools, attention has shifted to putting the new policy in action. The pilot of a small plane and his passenger walked away virtually unharmed after they made an emergency crash landing in Pickens County Sunday night. Among the many events scheduled for Veterans Day in the Gainesville-Hall County area was the traditional laying of the wreaths at the three monuments at Rock Creek Park. Gainesville fire investigators say a Wednesday afternoon fire at a house on Juniper Court off Browns Bridge Road has now been ruled suspicious. The Cleveland Police Department is investigating a break-in at the White County Ninth Grade Academy. Gwinnett County fire investigators said a fire that burned a home in Auburn just after midnight Friday was an act of arson. 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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