B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsA state legislative leader says he and Gov. Nathan Deal will introduce legislation to lower the legal alcohol limit for boaters after wrecks on Lake Lanier have raised concerns about safety. Funeral services will be held Friday for Clarkesville businessman Wallace Patrick Nichols, who owned and operated LaPrades's on Lake Burton for 30 years. A plan to dump treated sludge on a parcel of land in southeastern Dawson County will be scrutinized at a public meeting Monday. Some Hall County officials will meet informally Wednesday to discuss the latest rash of accidents that have occurred on Lake Lanier. The family of the 11-year-old boy who remains in critical condition at Egleston Children's Hospital following a jet ski accident on Lake Lanier last week has released a statement. U.S. employers advertised more jobs in May than April, a hopeful sign after three months of weak hiring. It looks as if utility customers, both residential and business, are the latest targets of scam artists. Thunderstorms downed dozens of trees and sent bolts of lightning into homes as they moved across Georgia overnight President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic party raised $71 million in June, well below the $106 million hauled in by rival Mitt Romney and the Republican party during the same period. One of the 8,000 people who will carry the Olympic Torch for the Summer Games in London is from Forsyth County. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) plans to close part of the Tom Arrendale Interchange on Georgia 365 in Habersham County for about a month starting Monday. The candidates for Hall County Sheriff will square off again on July 17 at a forum sponsored by the South Hall Republican Club. The owner of Frazier Harley Davidson in Buford was one of two people killed when storms tore through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park Thursday night. A Cornelia woman who told investigators she liked to blow things up in the woods is set to appear in federal court in Gainesville Friday. A worker assisting with a professional fireworks show in Cumming Tuesday night was injured when a mortar exploded next to him. South Carolina authorities say a 33-year-old Georgia woman has drowned in Lake Hartwell. Four people were hurt in two separate fireworks accidents Wednesday night, according to law enforcement authorities. The thousands of people who attended Wednesday's Annual Fourth of July Picnic at Memorial Park Funeral Home might have noticed a large area of cleared land next to the picnic site. Hall County fire investigators believe carbon monoxide sickened 10 people on a houseboat in the Sunset Cove area of Lake Lanier Georgia won't immediately enforce a new law that would make applicants for welfare pass a drug test before they can receive benefits. 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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