B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsThe Georgia Department of Labor's Habersham Career Center, along with other local groups, businesses, and employers, will participate in a job and resource expo for job seekers and employers Tuesday, Sept. 13. There may finally be some relief for people in the Riverside Drive area in Gainesville, plagued for several years by deer running up and down their streets and through their yards. Students at Gainesville High School Friday took some time to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9-11, although most of them were too young to remember the details of the attack. Cleveland City officials are expected to decide later this month whether or not they will begin issuing licenses for beer and wine sales. North Georgia radio talk show host Martha Zoller will run for Georgia's newly-created 9th District congressional seat. A portion of Highway 60 south of Dahlonega has reopened after being closed earlier Thursday when a load of metal pieces were dumped into the roadway by a truck. Authorities have confirmed that a 12-year-old student from North Hall Middle School has died as a result of injuries he sustained in a traffic accident on Mt. Vernon Road Wednesday morning. Poultry industry experts say operators are being squeezed by the rising costs of feed and fuel and a decline in demand. The state has approved the financing for environmental projects in four Georgia communities, including two in North Georgia, totaling nearly $9 million. Gainesville property owners will see a small drop in taxes thanks to a reduction in the millage rate by the Gainesville City School Board. Riverside Drive in Gainesville is a popular spot for runners and walkers, but apparently there's been a suspicious vehicle traveling the area, and that has neighbors on alert. Rafe Banks Park in East Hall County has now re-opened, thanks to the city of Lula. The Georgia State Patrol has again cleared Arcade's police department of an accusation that the city runs a speed trap along U.S. Highway 129. A former White County Sheriff's Deputy was arrested Thursday and charged with producing child pornography. Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in July, but pockets of the state saw jobless numbers decline. Members of the Georgia Mountains Regional Transportation Roundtable agreed Wednesday night on a list of transportation projects for the region that would be funded by a proposed 1-cent Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. A Clermont woman has been arrested in connection with the theft of $400,000 worth of jewelry from a North Hall County home. Hall County Commissioner Craig Lutz has filed court papers asking that a judge make a decision on whether a group of citizens has sufficient grounds to mount a recall effort against him. With Hurricane Irene approaching, evacuations began on a tiny barrier island off North Carolina early Wednesday. A federal judge has agreed to delay the trial of a man accused of killing a Hendersonville couple nearly four years ago. 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 | Next |
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