B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsAuthorities have confirmed that Jeffrey Johnson, the man responsible for last week's deadly shootings at the Empire State Building, once lived in Gainesville. A Flowery Branch company has been hit with nearly $146,000 in fines following the death of an employee earlier this year. The Gainesville City School System finds itself this year in a good news-bad news situation. Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made ``one giant leap for mankind'' with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82. Andreas Lupold Hydrotechnik GmbH (Lupold) of Voehringen, Germany celebrated the grand opening of its new subsidiary in Gainesville-Hall County Friday morning. Action Ministries, one of Georgia’s leading nonprofits, has announced details of Action Dash, a family-friendly 5K Run/Walk and Fun Run to be held on Labor Day, September 3 in Gainesvlle. The North Hall High School boys golf team has scheduled a fundraising yard sale on Saturday, September 8 at Independence Bank at 311 Green Street. The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the preliminary unemployment rate in the Northeast Georgia area rose to 8.9 percent in July, up two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.7 percent in June. The rate was 9.5 percent in July 2011. A federal judge in Gainesville has sentenced two men who pleaded guilty in a plot targeting government officials and U.S. cities to five years each in prison. As of midnight, Northeast Georgia Health System is out-of-network with United Healthcare. Voter turnout in Hall County far surpassed estimates, according to numbers released Tuesday night by the county elections office. State Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville has won the Republican runoff election for a newly created congressional seat in north Georgia and will face Democrat Jody Cooley in November. The following results represent the latest raw numbers from the Banks County Elections Office. These returns have not been certified by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The following results represent the latest raw numbers from the Forsyth County Elections Office. These returns have not been certified by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The following results represent the latest raw numbers from the Gwinnett County Elections Office. These returns have not been certified by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The following results represent the latest raw numbers from the Habersham County Elections Office. These returns have not been certified by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The following results represent the latest raw numbers from the Jackson County Elections Office. These returns have not been certified by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The following results represent the latest raw numbers from the Lumpkin County Elections Office. These returns have not been certified by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. Hall County's elections director is hopeful that voter turnout will meet or exceed her expectations based on the number of voters who had cast a ballot by 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Gainesville City School Board voted Monday night to recommend a millage rate roll up to 7.59 from 7.39. 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 | Next |
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