B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsA North Georgia sheriff who used his department's Facebook page to tell constituents he's seeking re-election insists the posting doesn't violate Georgia campaign ethics laws. Deer hunters who donated some of the animals they harvested this past fall helped to solve two problems in the North Georgia area. A man whose coaching career spanned more than 30 years in Habersham County has died at the age of 75. Investigators with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation have released results of an autopsy on convicted killer Ryan Brunn, and the results indicate he hanged himself. A senior U.S. defense official says all six reported killed in the crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan were U.S. Marines. In a close vote, Statham City Council members have decided to allow voters to determine whether to allow retailers to sell alcohol on Sundays. Texas Gov. Rick Perry says he is abandoning his presidential bid. State labor officials say Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has declined for the third straight month in December, to 9.7 percent. Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is drawing big, enthusiastic crowds and fending off new attacks from GOP front-runner Mitt Romney while reveling in a strong debate performance and a nod from tea party favorite Sarah Palin. Police are looking for the person who robbed a pizza delivery driver Tuesday night at Lenox Park Apartments off Athens Highway. The Supreme Court has upheld a law that extended U.S. copyright protection to books, musical compositions and other works by foreign artists that had been available without paying royalties. Eyewitnesses to last week's armored car robbery in Oakwood are getting some praise from investigators. Gainesville Mechanical Services recently awarded a $6,500 HVAC system to a Jefferson customer during its first ever Customer Assurance Giveaway. Hall County firefighters said no one was injured in an early morning fire Wednesday on East Hall Road. A maintenance man who once lived in Dahlonega pleaded guilty Tuesday in the death of a 7-year-old Canton girl and was promptly sentenced to life in prison without parole. Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday he believes the state economy is stabilizing since the Great Depression and the weak recovery that followed. Mitt Romney's four remaining challengers for the Republican presidential nomination did their best to knock the front-runner off stride in a contentious debate, but the best they could do was to get him to grudgingly agree to consider releasing his tax returns. Divers plan to return to a lake Tuesday and search it for a second day in hopes of finding clues about a missing Atlanta woman. A pair of brothers from Oakwood have been identified as the passengers in the car that fled from deputies on Interstate 985 Sunday night. Republican Jon Huntsman has dropped out of the GOP presidential race and has endorsed Mitt Romney. 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 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | Next |
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