B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsWhile other municipalities are struggling to balance their budgets, the north Georgia town of Baldwin finds itself with a $39,000 dollar surplus in the general fund and enough money to give city employees a small raise. Hall County Sheriff's Dive Team members have recovered a second stolen vehicle from the waters of Lake Lanier this week. Hall County sheriff's deputies arrested two men early Tuesday morning after they found the pair driving a stolen pick-up truck belonging to Coleman Foods. To assist area residents with children ages 6 and 7, who are now required to be in a child restraint when they are riding in a vehicle, Dawson County officials will distribute free booster seats this week to qualified families. Summer is supposed to be the season when most snakes in Georgia are lying low, trying to keep cool in the summer heat. But, North Georgia residents report they've been seeing a variety of snakes in their neighborhoods, despite the heat. Gainesville High School Varsity Golfer Morgan Reece completed the Atlanta Junior Golf Summer Tournament Series with a 7th place finish in the Club Division’s season end Invitational Championship A memorial service was held Saturday morning for Nique Leili of Lawrenceville, even as a battle continues over which family member has rights to the murdered woman's remains. Damage from a fire in the athletic center at Truett McConnell College means the opening day of TMC’s fall semester will be delayed by one week. Dawson County commissioners are ready to hear from the public on plans for the Dawson Forest Wildlife Management Area. The man who died while cutting a tree on Ben Higgins Road in Lumpkin County Wednesday afternoon was Richard Paul Stringer, 50, Dahlonega. A Hall County teen has been charged in connection with a double fatality accident earlier this month on Will Welchel Road at Cool Springs Road. The man wanted in a double stabbing in Winder Monday night is now in jail. The inmate who was found dead in his cell at the Hall County Detention Friday night was Nathaniel Joel Whited, 29. A Braselton man serving a life sentence for the Valentine's Day murder of his wife in 2010 will remain in jail for life, even though he was already serving a 20-year-sentence for an earlier attack on his wife. Two employees at the University of Georgia are in trouble for using their state-issued p-cards to make personal purchases. The 2011 set of historic postcards is on sale at the Demorest City Hall. A dedication ceremony is planned Tuesday for the the Col. Benjamin H. Purcell Trail at North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville. Civil rights groups sued Friday in federal court to block Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration. Two North Georgia residents were big winners recently, according to the Georgia Lottery Corporation. Casey Anthony will be freed next week after spending nearly three years in jail on accusations she murdered her 2-year-old daughter, a case that captured the nation's attention and divided many over whether a killer had been acquitted. 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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