Hull News

State Sen. Ralph Hudgens, R-Hull, officially announced his candidacy for state insurance commissioner Tuesday and said he has assembled a campaign team that includes the head of the state Transportation Board.

The hot afternoon sun of June 24 had pushed the temperature again into the mid-90s. Mallory Farmer leaned slightly against her car parked in the shade of a tree only feet away from a scorched shed where her mother and uncle had died three days earlier.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On June 10, deputy Jason Ring was patrolling on Glenn Carrie Road about 9:20 a.m. when his radar showed an approaching 1990 Ford F-150 pickup traveling at 54 mph in a 35 mph zone.

Firefighters investigating the gunpowder-fueled fire that left two Colbert residents dead and one seriously burned probably will not be able to determine exactly what sparked the quick-burning blaze early Sunday morning.

A Colbert brother and sister died in a fire and explosion apparently fueled by gunpowder early Sunday morning near Colbert Elementary School.

A fire that touched off a gunpowder blast has killed a postal carrier and her brother in the Madison County town of Colbert.

The fire that burned through the Georgia Theatre on Friday could scuttle or delay plans for a new parking deck next door.

The fire that burned through the Georgia Theatre on Friday could scuttle or delay plans for a new parking deck next door.

Madison County deputies watch as the Georgia State Patrol Governor's Task Force helicopter lands on a football field at the Madison County Recreation Department on June 10.

Frankie and Tina Cleveland perform at the Hull Spring Festival on May 23. They sing at festivals and weddings throughout the area.

Brandon Fortson bettered Randell A.C. King on Tuesday in a rare contested race to take a seat on the Hull City Council.

Far too often, the announcement that someone is seeking a political office gives rise to cynicism, specifically the expectation that the candidate - whoever he or she may be - is engaging in a personal quest for power rather than seeking an opportunity for public service.

The Gospel Tabernacle will host a bluegrass gospel group from Elbert County for its June concert that begins at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the concert hall on Watson Mill Road in Carlton.

A car show was part of the Hull Community Spring Festival on May 23. Plenty of fun to be had at Hull festival Athens Banner-Herald Story updated at 6:04 pm on 6/9/2009 Richard Hamm A car show was part of the Hull Community Spring Festival on May 23.

Madison County's Merchants & Farmers Bank will change its name to First Citizens Bank and Trust, after all.

Officers questioned a man Tuesday who was walking in an area of Athens where several cars had been broken into, and they decided from the way the man was mumbling that he was hiding something under his tongue.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Arrest: On May 18, Joseph Kyle Evans, 20, of Commerce drove up to a license checkpoint on Cody Fowler Road and was arrested for being an unlicensed driver.

Dennis Whitfield winds up to throw a softball at the dunking booth at the Hull Community Spring Festival on May 23.

Brittany Martin, left, waits as Brenson Kimbro, right, checks Maurissa Thomas' lunch Monday at the Boys & Girls Club on Fourth Street.

Buffalo's Southwest Cafe in Colonial Promenade Beechwood will unveil its Big Back Room as a music and performance venue Monday and will host a summer series of concerts and entertainment in the space, owners Rick and Sharon Roberts said.