B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsA state labor official is refusing to restart jobless benefits to seasonally unemployed teachers and bus drivers, setting up a showdown between state and federal officials. The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted Georgia and seven other states permission to bypass environmental standards for gasoline in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. Maranatha Christian Academy, in conjunction with Interactive Neighborhood for Kids (INK), held a paint-your-bowl event Wednesday in advance of the Georgia Mountain Food Bank's annual Empty Bowl Lunch. A Suwanee woman who received a tax refund she wasn't entitled to, and then hid the money from the IRS, will spend three years in jail for the crime. A train has hit the back of a tractor trailer on Candler Road near Fulenwider Road in south Hall County. Authorities had to close Yonah-Homer Road in Banks County for more than an hour as they cleared an accident between a vehicle and a horse. A judge has ruled that a man accused of killing one police officer and wounding another in Athens is competent to stand trial. A young Toccoa woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash Monday night in Stephens County, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Authorities said a University of Georgia student who had been reported missing was found dead inside a wrecked car between Athens and Atlanta. Jay Andrews, known as one of north Georgia’s most successful and well known north Georgia radio personalities, is making his return to the radio airwaves on Tuesday September, 4th, 6 AM to 8 AM Eastern. The 11th annual John Jarrard Foundation Concert Songwriters in the Round Show Sept. 15 on Brenau University s Front Lawn will feature singer/songwriters with more than 20 No. 1 hit songs between them. Officials with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources are asking boaters to be cautious during the last big lake weekend of the year. A man who underwent the transplant of multiple abdominal organs has died eight months after undergoing the transplants at a hospital in Indiana. Cumming police say quick-thinking parents were able to thwart a kidnapping attempt earlier this week. Authorities have arrested a resident of a Springlake Drive home and charged him with possession and manufacture of explosive devices. The Suwanee City Council voted Tuesday night to set the city’s millage rate for 2012 at 4.93 mills, a reduction of 0.72 mills from last year. A South Carolina man is in jail in Barrow County, charged as an online sexual predator. Hall County authorities confirm another case of rabies in the county, this time in the Murrayville area. Hurricane Isaac is bringing some much needed rain to Georgia, but it's also bringing much higher gas prices, since oil production in the Gulf has been halted while the storm passes over. The State Route 53/Jasper Highway bridge over the Amicalola Creek has been reopened to traffic following several weeks of Department of Transportation refurbishing. 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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