Dawsonville News

A fallen soldier returned home this morning to a hero's welcome. The body of Cpl. Matthew Phillips arrived at 9:35 a.m. this morning at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in Gainesville.

Water worries are prompting some to seek out creative solutions. Forsyth County officials are considering the possibility of drawing from a water source other than the Chattahoochee River as Lake Lanier's levels have dropped more than 15 feet below full pool.

A Republican representing the west side of Dawson County will challenge House Speaker Glenn Richardson for the top post in the Georgia House.

Friends and family are mourning the weekend death of Dawson County Building Official Wayne Elledge.

A local accountant accused of stealing more than $60,000 from a client's escrow account has surrendered to authorities.

The state's oldest working courthouse recently received a much-needed facelift as Dawson County enlisted more than 290 man-hours to preserve the historic building.

Voter turnout was not what poll workers were anticipating in last Tuesday's primary election.

The Georgia Tourism Foundation awarded the Dawson County Chamber of Commerce and the county Convention and Visitors Bureau a $19,850 grant July 15.

The Dawson County Board of Education set the 2009 millage rate following a special called meeting July 17.

After a brief discussion of factors that would prevent rolling this year’s millage rate back, members of the board of education unanimously voted to approve this year’s rate at 13.646.

Jon Ayers' final mission had him unnerved. The Army corporal from Snellville had been assigned to a remote base in Afghanistan's Kunar province bordering the Pakistani tribal areas, a known haven for Taliban ...

Jonathan Ayers and Matthew Phillips fought and died together at a remote base in Afghanistan.

A Dawsonville father who was anxiously awaiting his 27-year-old son's imminent return home from a tour of duty in Afghanistan now is trying to cope with his death.

With the dwindling economy, high gas prices and county officials being asked to cut back their budgets, new uniforms for sheriff's officers would typically be out of the question - if the sheriff had not seized more than $100,000 in drug money in the last year.

Petitions were filed earlier this month by the Dawson County Sheriff's Office to seize the home and automobile of an alleged methamphetamine dealer.

The owners of property located near a proposed new courthouse and administrative building plan to fight efforts by the county to condemn the land.

Just two weeks after a former employee was arrested on charges of stealing more than $93,000 from a local accounting firm, the Dawson County Sheriff's Office has secured a warrant for the arrest of the owner of the business.

Five people were shot, and one person is dead at an apartment complex on Joseph E. Boone Boulevard in northwest A... DAWSONVILLE, Ga.

On July 1, Alpharetta police were called to a residence in reference to a theft.

Matthew B. Phillips had plans to go fishing with his dad when he returned from Afghanistan in a few weeks.

With only the provisional ballots not counted, Jennifer Burt, Julie Hughes Nix, James Swafford and Lisa Thurmond have secured their respective Dawson County political races.

Political newcomer and Dawson County native James Swafford, with 66.5 percent of the vote, was the big winner in the highly contested race for Dawson County's district 2 commission seat against incumbent Terri Tragesser. Swafford received 1,976 votes over Tragesser's 995 votes.