Lavonia, GA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/ Lavonia, GA News Hudson elected symphony president http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/0695aee14a8d14dcc8346269c142730f.html Richard A Dick Hudson faculty member in the University of Georgia's College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences has been elected president of the Athens Symphony for a twoyear term beginning this month Ga prison fugitive changed look on lam http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/8f947a54fae7674a70e4947d6e91b54d.html Police in northeast Georgia say it took hours to learn they had captured one of the US Marshals'Most Wanted fugitives who had escaped from a state prison more than 100 miles away Police Chief Bruce Carlisle of Lavonia near the South Carolina line said Monday that 52yearold Johnny Mack Brown dyed his hair grew a beard and shed many pounds in four weeks on the lam from Hays State Prison in northwest Georgia Wanted fugitive Brown had altered appearance while on the lam http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/b26f1475d74a6c93c13ed216baefc1df.html A Lavonia police officer on routine patrol Saturday morning brought in one of the US Marshalsx2019; Most Wanted but local authorities didnx2019;t realize who they had until hours after they arrested escapee Johnny Mack Brown Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said today Escapee from Fort Hays State Prison captured http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/2fa4339fdc20bac1ef67350e17526630.html One of two men who escaped from Fort Hays State Prison on Oct 13 has been captured in Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said 52yearold Johnny Mack Brown was captured about 1 am Saturday after scuffling with three officers trying to get the gun of one who tackled him He said the other two officers used pepper spray a baton and a Taser to subdue Brown Lavonia man indicted for holding family captive http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/481796576a72e73e53fb948ee8a1ce26.html A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a man accused of holding his wife and children captive in a filthy roachinfested trailer Older man killed in pedestrian crash http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/4b84eff13b7f66ca0c883026c254c6c0.html An 88yearold Lavonia man was killed Wednesday after he stepped into the street and was struck by a passing car according to the Toccoa post of the Georgia State Patrol The post declined to identify the man pending family notification Suspect in NC shootings deaths kills himself http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/5822abbd80340d632da2e81c42644e9e.html A suspect in the shooting deaths of two people at a North Carolina home killed himself in Georgia authorities said Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle said Wednesday that Christopher Sean Bowman 25 of Mt Airy NC shot himself in the head with a 40caliber pistol at a convenience store about 9:30 pm Tuesday four hours after the two bodies were found in the kitchen of a house in Mt Airy Appalachian Regional Commision awards North Georgia areas 3 million http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/lavonia/content/85d4dbf3685469bad994dd2b6b061075.html Seventeen North Georgia cities counties and communities were awarded 3 million in grants from the Appalachian Regional Commission ARC