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- Monday, May 20, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
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Is this America's favorite mom?
No one ever said being a mom was easy. Donna Aldridge knows that.
Police talk man down from 260-foot crane at Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Two police negotiators were able to talk a potentially suicidal man down from atop a 260-foot construction crane Thursday night at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.
Hall County school board to mull $600,000 in air-conditioning projects
At Monday's meeting, The Hall County school board is set to consider some $600,000 in air-conditioning upgrades this summer.
Red Cross volunteers help storm victims in Tennessee
Gainesville Red Cross volunteer Gene Farley rolled into hard-hit Lafayette, Tenn., on Thursday to the sight of arbitrary devastation. "Trees knocked over, trees destroyed, laid flat," Farley said, describing what he saw after a devastating tornado touched down there 48 hours earlier. "Barns, basically nothing but kindling. Some houses damaged big-time, and right next to them homes that are not damaged at all." Farley and fellow volunteer Ward ...
Council asked to give Gainesville schools water bill break
YOUNG HARRIS - Sammy Smith, recently elected to the Gainesville City Board of Education, appealed to Gainesville City Council members Friday to help the city schools out with their weighty water bills.
Water restrictions are costing Gainesville
YOUNG HARRIS - There is no doubt water restrictions have resulted in a loss of revenues for Gainesville's Public Utilities department, but utilities officials told the City Council on Friday that they have a plan to keep their heads above water.
Gainesville City Council's to-do list
As Gainesville officials spent the past three days at a planning retreat, several issues came to the front of the agenda. Here is a look at some of the items city officials have put on the top of their to-do lists this year:
Second teen pleads guilty in Laurelwood molestation case
The second of two teen defendants in a molestation that occurred at the Laurelwood mental health treatment facility pleaded guilty Friday.
Photo in newspaper helps police nab bank robbery suspect
After allegedly robbing three Forsyth County banks in two weeks without any effort to disguise his face, David Ryan Stone might not have been surprised to see a surveillance camera image of himself when he picked up a local newspaper Thursday.
Pie & politics: Wauka Mountain supper a community tradition
Before he entered politics, Nathan Deal held the post of ticket salesman at the Wauka Mountain Chicken Pie Supper. While Deal doesn't list the job on his extensive resume, he doesn't miss the annual event, which has been held for 83 years.
Truck driver arrested in fatal wreck
A tractor-trailer driver from Butler has been charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal wreck Friday afternoon in Forsyth County.
Local hiker had scary brush with Hilton
Nancy Linkesh will never know how close she came to being Gary Hilton's victim.
Gainesville, Buford school leaders earn top pay
GAINESVILLE -- School administrators in Georgia looking for top pay need only look to North Georgia.
Hall County deputies hurt in pursuit
Two Hall County deputies sustained some bad bumps and bruises, but no broken bones, after they tumbled down a 35-foot ravine while chasing a fleeing suspect late Tuesday. Hall County emergency medical service workers spent about an hour hoisting wounded Hall County Sheriff's Deputy Corey Gilleland out of the ravine in a wooded area near Oliver Road in South Hall after the 11 p.m. incident, using a stretcher and basket ...
Gang members get sentenced to total of 76 years for involvement in drive-by shootings
Ernesto Reyes said he got the wrong house when he fired three shotgun blasts at a home in the Silverwood subdivision off Candler Road last August. Reyes, an acknowledged member of the BOE street gang, will have up to 24 years behind bars to contemplate the mistake.
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Strawberries in season at Jaemor
Strawberries are ripe for the picking, if you can make your way to them through the mud and saturated ground.
Former Gen. Petraeus to serve on Camp Toccoa board
David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, has agreed to serve on the Camp Toccoa at Currahee Board of Trustees.
Red Rabbit bus service faces pivotal week
The fate of the Red Rabbit fixed-route bus service may be decided this week as the city of Gainesville and Hall County are both expected to vote on an agreement to keep it operating.
Eyes on the Road: New Clarks Bridge work to start in the fall
Work could start a few months later than expected on an $8.7 million effort to replace the 55-year-old Clarks Bridge on Ga. 284/Clarks Bridge Road at Lake Lanier.
Canada gosling injured by fishing line on mend
Fishing line was wrapped around a Canada gosling's leg, digging close to the bone when the bird was brought to Denise Funk's veterinarian office.
Talks to restore Olympic site making progress
The Lake Lanier Olympic Center could soon see a rebirth if current discussions about restoring the site to its past glory bear fruit.
More rain may be on the way this week
The work week begins with - you guessed it - a chance for more rain.
Lake groups pressing on with other issues, plans
A couple of organizations that sprang out of last summer's Lake Lanier tragedies still are forging ahead, notwithstanding successes during the past Georgia General Assembly.
Teacher evaluations take time, offer more feedback
When the new teacher evaluation system first rolled out, there was a lot of apprehension as state leaders talked about tying the evaluations to how teachers are paid.
Shred Day to help fight cancer
If your spring cleaning has stalled because you don't know what to do with piles of documents, Shred Away Cancer may be able to help.
Rain may return by afternoon, carry into Monday
The rain has eased up for now, but more may be on the way.
Derby hats star at local celebration
Gainesville Rotary Club Derby Party chair Chris Slate, center, greets Jerry and Leslie Williams at the Elks Club on Riverside Drive Saturday afternoon. Leslie Williams would later win the best woman's hat award at Saturday's event coinciding with the Kentucky Derby. The party, the first of a possible annual event, helped raise money for the Rotary's various charitable causes, Slate said. Partygoers paid $50 each at the door, bid on auction items such as gift ...
Local cyclists feel blessed after kidney transplant
You might think giving away a kidney would slow 57-year-old athlete Kelly Parham down a little, but it hasn't.
Plans for Ga. 347 include roundabout
While construction is rolling along on most of Ga. 347 in South Hall, the last link of that project - between McEver Road and Lake Lanier Islands - is in the throes of design.
Law enforcement seeks clues in death of popular Latino businessman
One month after David Sanchez was killed, his family and friends said they would wear black until his killer was brought to justice.
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