B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsGeorgians gave less money to charitable organizations through a program allowing them to check off donations on state income tax forms. The White County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced that Russ Spangler, of Sautee has been selected as interim chamber president. Firefighters spent much of the afternoon battling high winds to extinguish a woods and vehicle fire on Interstate 85 at the Banks/Jackson county line. Former U.S. Rep. Ed Jenkins, a Democrat who represented north Georgia in Congress for 16 years, has died after a long illness. John White plowed into the end zone from 8 yards out to give Utah a 30-27 overtime victory against Georgia Tech in the Sun Bowl on Saturday. Retired Georgia Power executive and Gainesville civic leader Miller Watkins, Jr. has died. A Georgia man has been arrested after he drove to Arkansas to pick up a 14-year-old girl he met online and brought her back to suburban Atlanta, according to authorities. Forsyth County authorities said human skeletal remains have been found scattered in a wooded area near McFarland Road just off Georgia 400. The year 2011 is not the only thing coming to a close...WDUN's longtime news director is also retiring. The U.S. Justice Department is reviewing complaints against two Hall County Sheriff’s Office employees. Jackson County authorities say they think they have a runaway teen on their hands, but family members of a Central Gwinnett High School student say they want more done in the search for the girl. Crime victims and witnesses should have an easier time getting information on their cases now that they can access information on electronic kiosks at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center. Federal prosecutors have charged a man with fleeing Georgia to avoid sex charges. An Orange County jury has found Laurence Lovette guilty of murdering University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president Eve Carson in 2008. Hall County offices will be closed for an extended period of time over the Christmas holidays because of a furlough day. Months of planning and preparation for The Salvation Army in Gainesville culminated Saturday with the agency's annual Christmas distribution. In the latest HealthGrades scores issued for hospitals across the state of Georgia, Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville has scored in the top position in several categories. Hall County has reported its 16th case of rabies for the year, and as in the past couple of weeks, this incident involved a human coming in contact with a rabid animal. Emergency crews were called to the Regions Bank Building at the corner of Jesse Jewell and E.E. Butler parkways in downtown Gainesville this morning. The Lumpkin County School system has done something no other school system in the state has done...the system has trained 100% of its staff to recognize child sexual abuse cases. 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 | 131 | Next |
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