B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsThe commander of the Hall County Sheriff's Office Jail Division has announced his decision to retire, and at the same time, one of two victim/witness advocates for the department has turned in his resignation. Gilmer County authorities said a dump truck and a tractor trailer collided just before 10:00 Monday morning on Highway 52 East at Owltown Road. The widow of an entrepreneur gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool in 2010 pleaded not guilty Monday to charges related to her husband's death. For the 25th year running, pro-life advocates lined the streets of communities across North America, including some in North Georgia, in a silent demonstration against abortion. Georgia is looking for answers as it confronts a looming shortage of doctors. Saturday was a good day for a bike ride in Hall County, and one particular ride had a purpose. The Georgia Department of Transportation's September bid letting released Friday includes three projects in northeast Georgia. An armed robber held up the Super Mercado store on Industrial Boulevard in Gainesville Friday night, and authorities are still looking for the suspect. The Academic IV/Martha Nesbitt Building was closed on the Gainesville State College campus for about an hour Thursday morning because of a gas leak in the building. In conjunction with Georgia's Annual Folk Pottery Day, Crocker Pottery will hold its fall kiln opening and Georgia pottery show Saturday, October 6 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Since 1976, Russell Vandiver has come to work every day at Lanier Technical College. Come March, after 37 years, Vandiver will retire. Gainesville Fire Chief Jon Canada announced his retirement Wednesday after 20 years of service with the City of Gainesville. A rabid bat has had contact with a dog in the Clermont area, according to officials with Hall County Animal Control. The Ku Klux Klan plans a public demonstration in Blairsville Saturday State records show that revenues from interstate tolls in metro Atlanta have failed to meet expectations. The first of three October debates between President Obama and GOP challenger Mitt Romney takes place Wednesday night and Georgia Republicans are planning to make a party of it. The next phase of the Flat Creek Restoration Project got formal approval from the Gainesville City Council at its meeting Tuesday night. A motorcyclist was killed Saturday on Highway 53 at the Hall-Forsyth County line, according to authorities with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a cabinet maker on charges of theft by deception. Voters have only about a week to register to vote in Georgia in the November general election. 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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