B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsAll six Hall County school competition gymnasiums will be getting an upgrade in the next six weeks, according to School Superintendent Will Schofield. More than two dozen residents of Lake Ranch Estates subdivision braved frigid weather Friday afternoon to wave picket signs in protest of a proposed commercial development at the corner of Dawsonville Highway and Lake Ranch Drive. An employee of a Gwinnett County K-Mart store is charged with felony theft by taking after she admitted stealing jewelry from the store to pay her mortgage. Metal theft is quickly becoming the most popular property crime across north Georgia, according to a spokesman with the Hall County Sheriff's Office, and a Gainesville man was arrested this week in the latest metal theft incident. Gov. Nathan Deal is keeping mum about the details, but he said Thursday the state is very close to a landing a deal that could bring what he described as Georgia's largest business project since automaker Kia opened a plant near LaGrange. The parent company of Food Lion and other supermarket chains has announced it will close 29 stores across Georgia, including three in North Georgia. The man who was the longtime owner/operator of the Burger King restaurants in the Northeast Georgia Region has died. Even though no one was hurt and Dawson County authorities say it appears there was no intent to do any damage, they've still filed charges against a man who was found with an explosive device in his car at a convenience store. At least one area lawmaker liked what he heard when Governor Deal delivered his state of the state address Tuesday night. A revised budget from Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal would allow the state to spend about $255 million more than originally planned. A 20-year-old maintenance man from Lumpkin County has been indicted in the beating, rape and murder of a 7-year-old girl at an apartment complex in Canton. Flowery Branch Police are awaiting autopsy results on the man that was found dead outside a burning home on Railroad Avenue Monday morning. A sheriff's deputy from Forsyth County has been disciplined for having sex with a woman while he was in uniform and on duty. The state Board of Regents has approved the unprecedented merger of eight colleges to reduce costs, shrinking the university system from 35 to 31 institutions for the first time ever. Georgia State Patrol Capt. Paul Cosper says corrections will be made after a review of a former state trooper's actions in a collision that killed the wife of Atlanta Braves trainer Jeff Porter. The Oakwood City Council held its first meeting of 2012 last night, swearing in three council members, including newcomer Todd Wilson. College students in Georgia could be paying more out-of-pocket for their education than what they receive in HOPE scholarship funding starting in 2015, according to a state projection released Monday that some lawmakers cited as a reason to expand gambling. Hall County high schools could see an adjustment in the seven-period days that were implemented with the current school year, according to information presented to the Hall County School Board Monday evening. Authorities say a growing number of Georgians with mental illness or developmental disabilities are at risk of being cut off from a state program. Jackson County authorities said the pilot who was killed in the crash of a small plane Sunday was 50-year-old David Rushlow of Commerce. 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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