B.J. Williams![]() Recent Articles by B.J. WilliamsAn attempted traffic stop in Barrow County early Friday morning ended with the wreck of the suspect vehicle and the discovery of a mobile meth lab. Forsyth County authorities said a 70-year-old Ball Ground man was killed Monday when his vehicle was hit on Highway 141. Governor-elect Nathan Deal and his wife Sandra became new parents Friday...parents of look-alike "babies" created by Babyland General in Cleveland. Authorities at the scene in Murrayville Wednesday morning said that an 18 wheeler chicken hauler from Rome overturned near the entrance of Lanier Elementary School, spilling its load and shutting down State Route 60 until 3:00 Wednesday afternoon. Two Bethlehem men have been jailed in connection with a New Year's Day robbery and assault on a 16-year-old. The first baby of 2011 born at Northeast Georgia Medical Center is a boy. Christmas weekend's cold and snow just made it tougher for homeless people who live under Gainesville's railroad bridges, but a local lay minister hopes to get them shelter from the cold at least during the winter. A Lawrencville man suspected of setting fire to a house with his 6 year-old daughter inside has been taken into custody and faces several felony charges. The Civil Service Board has made a decision on whether fired Forsyth Planning Director Jeff Chance should get his job back, but they aren't saying just what that decision is. Hall County Sheriff Steve Cronic and his son Cody recently made their annual trip to the Georgia Sheriff's Boys Ranch in Hahira to deliver a load of bicycles to the kids at the Sheriff's Youth Home there. Barrow County EMTs didn't know they'd be helping one of their own when they answered a call on Sunday, November 28. Forsyth County authorities have arrested two people they describe only as "acquaintances" and charged them in the death of Michael Smith of Cumming on October 22. Authorities in Jackson County are trying to determine the cause of an explosion Tuesday afternoon at a vitamin distribution center off Highway 129. Construction crews have been busy around Gainesville lately, making way for some much-wanted business developments in the city. At the height of treacherous winter weather conditions, Dawson County authorities handled two fatal incidents, one involving a house fire, the other a traffic accident. Hall County firefighters are on the scene of yet another fire; this one is in the 5500 block of Hemlock Court in Lula. A 21-year-old Fort Stewart man becomes the third man arrested in as many months by Barrow County authorities in a sting targeting online sexual predators. A judge in Forsyth County did not immediately rule on a request by four members of an assisted suicide group to dismiss charges against them. The elderly Pickens County woman who had been missing since Wednesday afternoon has been found safe. 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 | Next |
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