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Protecting a pet project Found: 1 Week 4 Days 18 Hours 9 Minutes ago Gainesville Times - It#39;s been interesting watching the evolution of animal welfare in Hall County over the years. Bessie Vickers began our humane society, spent her money and time caring for the homeless animals of the region, and later donated the family land she had used to start her mission. After stringent interview sessions, quot;Miss Bessiequot; placed many dogs and cats with prospective adopters. Due to space limitations, many had to be euthanized. Later, ......
Dawson man among 11 holiday road fatalities in state Found: 1 Week 5 Days 18 Hours 34 Minutes ago Gainesville Times - Holiday traffic accidents have claimed the lives of at least 11 people in Georgia since Wednesday evening, one of which claimed the life of a Carlton resident in Dawson County Friday morning, according to the Georgia State Patrol. ...
Authorities ID Dawson County teen killed in accident Found: 1 Week 6 Days 6 Hours 8 Minutes ago Gainesville Times - Traffic accidents have claimed the lives of at least nine people in Georgia since Wednesday evening - one of which claimed the life of a Carlton resident in Dawson County this morning, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Timothy Brian Pettyjohn, 19, of Carlton, died after he wrecked the vehicle he was driving on Shoal Creek Road shortly before 7 a.m., according to an operator at the state patrol post in Cumming. ...
One dead in Dawson County traffic accident Found: 1 Week 6 Days 7 Hours 10 Minutes ago Access North Georgia - Dawson County authorities are trying to find out what caused a deadly crash Friday morning...
A Christmas connection Found: 2 Weeks 13 Hours 44 Minutes ago Gainesville Times - Once was a time when a long-distance call mdash; which was pretty much anywhere outside of the county mdash; required the assistance of an operator. ...
Area schools retain policies for corporal punishment Found: 2 Weeks 5 Days 18 Hours 53 Minutes ago Gainesville Times - If you think that the days of children being paddled at school disappeared with saddle shoes and poodle skirts, you may be surprised to learn that many areas school systems still have policies allowing corporal punishment, though most don't enforce the policy. ...
Forsyth layoffs, pay raise freezes Found: 2 Weeks 6 Days 7 Hours 30 Minutes ago Access North Georgia - Forsyth County employees have been told not to expect raises next year... and 26 of them are losing their jobs. It's all because of the economy. And, in Dawson County, officials there will stop acceptng recyclable plastics and glass, another fallout from the economy....
Johnson teams playing at Philips Arena today Found: 3 Weeks 1 Day 18 Hours 34 Minutes ago Gainesville Times - When the Johnson High boys and girls basketball teams take to the floor tonight a lot of things will be the same. The uniforms will be blue and white, the opponent will be another high school team and the game plan will be to win. ...
Man indicted in 1986 homicide Found: 3 Weeks 6 Days 20 Hours 48 Minutes ago Georgia Examiner - A Dawson County grand jury has indicted a suspect in a 1986 drug-related killing. District Attorney Lee Darragh said Thursday that 50-year-old Manford Bruenn (Brew'-in) was charged with murdering Donald Wade Smith, who was kidnapped in Cobb County and taken to Dawson County and killed. ...
