B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsThe man who carried Hall County in the 2008 GOP presidential primary is coming to Gainesville this week, hoping to use his influence to help put Republican Mitt Romney in the White House. Gwinnett County police have charged a man as a Peeping Tom after a family said he hid under their mobile home and cut a hole in their bathroom floor. A federal agency's decision might lead to thousands of Georgia bus drivers, cafeteria workers and private school teachers getting summer unemployment benefits after the state denied them the money. Police say the gunman has died after a shooting that killed a law enforcement officer and another civilian near the Texas A&M University campus. Chestatee Regional Hospital has announced that Neal Miller will be coming on board as the Information Technology, HIPPA Privacy & Security Director as of August 15th, 2012. Hall County will conduct its quarterly audible test of the severe weather warning system on Wednesday morning of this week. Retail gas prices jumped again as last minute travelers close out the summer driving season. In advance of the grand opening of the Georgia Mountain Food Bank's new facility in south Hall County, officials with the food bank are asking the community to collect food this week to stock the shelves of the new building. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tapped Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect of a conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan to remake Medicare and cut trillions in federal spending. Georgia's attorney general will address participants at the upcoming Republican National Convention. Early voting for the Aug. 21 runoff elections will begin Thursday, one day later than originally scheduled, according to Hall County Elections Director Charlotte Sosebee. A teenage mother faces murder charges in connection with the death of her 9-day-old daughter, according to Hall County Sheriff's Office officials. Closing arguments are scheduled Tuesday in the murder trial of a Gainesville man accused in the death of his girlfriend's 18-month-old daughter last summer. While the news is better than anticipated in June, the belt will still be tighter for the Hall County School System this coming year. A man instrumental in leading equal education opportunities for black students in Gainesville has died. Officials with Gainesville Magistrate Court said Monday that Paul J. Bennett, 44, of Cumming has waived his first court appearance in connection with a fatal boat crash on Lake Lanier earlier this summer. A shooting early Saturday that left two people dead inside a Lawrenceville home was apparently a murder and suicide, according to authorities. An estimated 300 people showed up to run Saturday morning in honor of injured Hall County Marine Sean Adams in the inaugural Devil Dog 5K. A Cleveland manufacturing company plans to hire more than 70 employees and will continue a job fair this week in effort to fill those positions. Gov. Nathan Deal is asking state agencies to find another $553 million in reductions through June 2014. 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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