Grayson News

The Georgia High School Association released its final list of region placements for its 435 member schools last week and for Walton County's five GHSA schools, there were no surprises.

Dr. John Gordon Alford, Jr., 79, of Peachtree City, GA, passed away from respiratory failure on December 20, 2009.

Following less than cordial mayoral campaigns last month between Mayor Jim Hinkle and challenger Damon Ladd-Thomas, the incumbent soundly defeated the challenger to hold onto his longtime seat by a 260 to 54 vote majority.

How long she's kept it off: Started Jan. 15 and reached goal in November. Personal life: "I am married with two sons, one 9 and one 6," Shieffelin said.

A Grayson woman has been charged with arson and cruelty to animals after she allegedly set fire to a home she was renting and her two cats were killed.

Residents who missed Gwinnett County's Christmas tree lighting ceremony last night will have an opportunity to attend the revamped Loganville ceremony at 6 p.m. tonight at City Hall.

Despite the protest from members of the community, the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners last week announced its intention to seek a 2.28 mills increase to the millage rate.

Drivers traveling on Highway 20 between Grayson and Loganville can again expect delays due to construction as the Georgia Department of Transportation continues its project to widen the highway between the two cities.

Gwinnett County police arrested the parents of three boys after they discovered the filthy conditions of the home.

There are dirty houses. There are filthy houses. Then there's the house belonging to Ronnie and April Keais.

Early voting is under way in all municipal elections and will close Oct. 30, but the number of early votes coming in varies city by city.

For the first time in almost a decade there will be a mayoral election in Grayson this year.

President Barack Obama is so insistent that he is the first "African American president" that he has lost sight of what he has promised.

Was it just a coincidence or CBS Atlanta's call for action? A short time after news crews interviewed a Grayson man about 3 to 5 feet of grass growing on the road a landscaping company showed up and chopped it down.

The Greater Grayson Chamber of Commerce joined the city of Grayson in an effort to help some of their flood-ravaged neighbors.

Keenan Byrd brought his three children to Broad Street in Monroe Tuesday to see a hero.

Grayson's Kori Gaines could not believe it when the ball came his way yet again.

We have a winner! Roger Stephens, a 61-year-old white grump from Stone Mountain, Georgia, must have been having a bad day yesterday.

Qualifying for the Nov. 3 city elections wrapped up in Loganville and Grayson Wednesday with elections to be held in both cities.

"I would be horrified. I don't know what I would do, but I would be terrified." That's how Stephanie Russell says she'd probably react if a stranger were to slap one of her 4 young children.