B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsAn crowd of more than 500 showed up Wednesday night to hear actor Ken Bevel from the recently released movie "Courageous" speak at a Gainesville church. Sentencing will be held soon for a Gainesville man convicted of aggravated sodomy in Hall County Superior Court, and the minimum sentence for that crime is 25 years behind bars. A former longtime White County businessman John L. (J. L.) Nix has died. State and county authorities are investigating after a woman said she was pulled over in rural Jackson County by a man she thought was a law enforcement officer and then assaulted during the traffic stop. Two students from Hall County's Honors Mentorship Program spent a day recently learning about the growing problem of human trafficking not just around the world, but also close to home in the metro Atlanta area. The city of Gainesville will be able to continue a push toward making city facilities more energy efficient thanks to additional grant money from the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority. Republican Rick Santorum is looking to capitalize on a string of stunning victories that snapped his four-state losing streak Authorities say they have captured two inmates, including one from North Georgia, accused of escaping from Walker State Prison. State Rep. Matt Ramsey has introduced legislation that would require school system to have at least two personnel trained in diabetes treatment. The Atlanta Braves have unveiled a new alternate home uniform that is based on the attire worn when the team moved from Milwaukee in 1966. Georgia's top court on Monday struck down a state law designed to discourage assisted suicides after a legal battle brought by four members of a suicide group who said it also violated free speech rights. Officials with the Beulah Rucker Museum will turn to the movie screen to share details of African-American history with the Gainesville area during the month of February, which is Black History Month. The mother of a Gainesville High School senior says her son deserves to be the sole valedictorian at graduation this year, and Valerie Stephens has the backing of some community members in her quest. A Maysville farmer is recuperating after he was attacked by one of his cows, an animal that turned out to have rabies. Police activity at the Lanier Park campus of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Friday morning might have looked like the real thing, but authorities were conducting their first training exercise of the year. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. State officials have fired a correctional officer they say had an inappropriate relationship with an Athens teenager who was being held in the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center. A missing Riverdale child has been found safe with a family member in Barrow County. The South's iconic groundhog, Gen. Beauregard Lee, waddled out of his "Weathering Heights" mansion and failed to see his shadow on the Georgia red dirt. State officials have begun fining motorists if they are unauthorized to drive in new interstate toll lanes in metro Atlanta. 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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