B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsGeorgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens has confirmed that 28,467 households in the state could be affected by an online security breach involving Nationwide Insurance Co. The president of Northeast Georgia Medical Center faces a DUI charge in connection with a single-vehicle accident late last month. Hall County's administrative offices, courts and community centers will be closed for three days this week. Community centers will also remain closed through the weekend. Hospital officials and Cleveland police helped evacuate visitors at Babyland General Hospital Sunday afternoon when smoke was seen coming out of a heating and air vent. The Georgia Supreme Court has dismissed the pre-trial appeal of a man accused in the 2006 murders of four people in Forsyth County. A week after signing a waiver of extradition, twin brothers from Barrow County are now in jail in Florida. As retail outlets prepare for Black Friday, area law enforcement officials are making plans to watch out for thieves who target shoppers this time every year. Holly Springs police say a 40-year-old officer and his wife were among those injured when a train collided with a float carrying wounded veterans during a parade in Texas. A Hostess plant in Columbus is among 33 company factories that were suspended Friday. A bank based in north Georgia becomes the 50th bank seized this year by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. A 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. 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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