CUMMING, Ga. — In a meeting that lasted just under 30 minutes, Cumming City Council approved a number of bids, including one for $812,373 to Universal Underground Contractors for the Hwy. 369 water line crossing Settingdown Creek. The good news is that funding for the project will be completely reimbursed by Georgia Department of Transportation. […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — One Cumming man was killed and another was charged with vehicular homicide following a 5-vehicle crash at the intersection of Ga. 400  Friday evening. James Wright, 65, was pronounced dead at the scene after Freightliner tractor traveling northbound at highway speeds struck the rear of a Nissan. The Nissan Rogue and […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County officials continue to improve a park system that is already one of the finest in the state. On Thursday, Sept. 8, the County officially unveiled various updates to Midway Park (5100 Post Road) including a new playground, pavilion and enhanced athletic facilities at a ribbon cutting ceremony. “Midway Park […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The Forsyth County Development Authority will meet at Thursday Sept. 9 at 9:30 a.m. in the Forsyth Conference Center at Lanier Technical College, 3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd. Agenda for the meeting is as follows: 1. Consideration of the Minutes: (a) Regular Meeting of August 18, 2022. 2. Secretary/Treasurer’s Report. 3. Updates: […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A woman has been charged with negligent homicide in the first degree, reckless driving and DUI in a July 28 wreck that killed her 6-year-old daughter. At approximately 3:15 p.m., Stacie Reed, 33, was driving a Toyota Camry northbound on Crystal Cove Trail when, for an unknown reason, she veered into […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — The Board of Commissioners approved two major road projects during Monday’s work session and called meeting. The Board awarded a contract to Square Deal Enterprises, Inc. for installation of a bottomless aluminum box culvert at Barrett Mill Road in the amount of $247,954. The existing pipes have reached the end of […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — County Commissioners is expected to announce the hiring of attorney Randy Rich to serve as the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) mediator between Forsyth County and the City of Cumming when the Board meets in a regular session Thursday Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. in the County Administration Building, 110 East […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. –For the second time in the last two weeks, Forsyth County residents called on the Board of Commissioners to remove the Dominion voting machines used here and in many, if not all, Georgia counties and replace them with paper ballots..  Speaking during the Public Comments portion of the Board of Commissioners meeting […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — There are a lot of great projects going on in Forsyth County and County Manager Kevin Tanner was anxious to talk about them last week. On the job for less than two years, Tanner, a former Georgia State Representative, law enforcement officer and firefighter, gave credit for those great projects to […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. —  The search for a man reported missing from the Mountain Lakes Resort, Rose Road/Alt. 75 area in a rural part of White County has apparently ended. According to a post on the White County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page Wednesday afternoon, “White County  Sheriff’s Office regrets to announce that after a long […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia State Patrol Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is assisting in the investigation of a fatal crash on Hwy. 115 in White County Saturday. The crash occurred near Shenandoah Drive, between Black Road and Ga. 255 South when the driver of a 2007 Hyundai Elantra sedan was traveling east on Ga. […]

WHITE COUNTY, Ga. — A Watkinsville, Ga. man has been charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, and failing to maintain lane after a traffic stop on Hwy. 356 at Timber Loft Cottages Sunday. A White County Sheriff’s Office deputy noticed a white SUV on that was not […]

Atlanta, GA – Alison Hair and Cindy Martin, members of an organization known as Mama Bears of Forsyth County, filed a federal lawsuit Monday that claims Chairman Wesley McCall and the Forsyth County Board of Education violated their First Amendment rights by banning Hair from participating in Board meetings. The Institute for Free Speech filed […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — As the nation teeters on the brink of a full-blown recession, Forsyth Commissioners are expected to ask citizens to pass a one-cent sales transportation tax in November. When the Board meets in a work session Tuesday (July 26), commissioners will consider approval of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Cumming […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County residents called on the Board of Commissioners Thursday to scrap the controversy-plagued Dominion Voting Systems before the critical midterm election in November. Despite a federal government advisory issued by (CISA) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of Homeland Security, that Dominion does have “vulnerabilities” there has no evidence […]

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Chris McKellar of the CPA firm Mauldin and Jenkins presented the FY 2021 Comprehensive Annual Finance Report to the Board of Commissioners Tuesday and despite some noted weaknesses and several recommendations said, the County is to be commended since the reporting “goes above and beyond the information that is required.” The […]