Monroe News

A Monroe mother of two is celebrating a lottery win. Patricia Morrell, 28, won a $777,777 top prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Super Lucky 7's. "I didn't know what to do," she said after discovering her prize.

According to Karen Riser and Jane Scott, there are a variety of reasons their semi-annual blood drives have become so successful.

Dee Die McElhannon Dee Die McElhannon, age 80 of Monroe, died on June 27, 2009. She was born in Walton County on June 2, 1929 to the late Dan Howington and the late Elise Shadburn Howington.

Todaya s visit is not so much about our town, but our state. I have long suspected South Carolina does a better job of promoting tourism than Georgia because it names things logically.

The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents: Complaint: On June 12, an employee of Grand Rental Station on Hog Mountain Road reported that a man rented a limb-chipping machine June 6 and didn't return it later that day as he was scheduled to.

The three men who allegedly beat a Loganville couple during a home invasion did not choose their victims randomly, police said.

An off-duty Gwinnett County firefighter was arrested by Monroe police last week for allegedly exposing himself to a woman in front of her home.

The three assailants who beat an elderly Loganville couple in a violent home invasion last month will now be facing murder charges following the death one of the victims.

The Walton County District Attorney's Office announced in court Monday its intention to seek the death penalty in the murder trial of Nicholas Crawford.

Mr. John Lamar Hearn Mr. John Lamar Hearn, age 91, of Decatur passed away Monday, June 15, 2009.

When Josh Rabine's first child was born, he was in absentia. In the military at the time, Rabine wasn't there for the birth of Roam, now 7, and missed many of a child's milestones most parents usually have the opportunity to enjoy.

Throughout the county, local youth are faced with the seduction of gangs - a criminal family that offers acceptance and financial gain to lonely, struggling teens.

Emptying out the political notebook ... Come and get it. The annual GOP barbeque has been set for 5 p.m. June 29 at Walton County Republican Party Chairman Roy Roberts' farm on Nunnally Farm Road.

Baby Aiden Baynes Baby Aiden Baynes, 3 months of Social Circle, died on June 6, 2009.

It could not have been put any more bluntly. 'The drought is over,' said Carol Couch, director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, during a press conference last week announcing the state relaxing watering restrictions.

Leah Pierson of Athens lifts her hand to the crowd as she crosses the stage to receive her diploma Thursday at the Classic Center during Athens Technical College's GED graduation ceremony.

Gridlock. That's how county Board of Commissioners Chairman Kevin Little described some traffic conditions in Walton County.

It was sometime after 6 p.m. on May 29 when David Clemons and I shook hands, hugged and exchanged goodbyes.

I'm the new guy in town, so I think we need to get off on the right foot - with honesty.

After more than two years, there will be skydiving again at the Monroe-Walton Airport.