Dawson County 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.

Matthew Phillips began the last leg of his journey home on Wednesday morning. A private, chartered jet carrying the Army corporal's flag-draped coffin landed at 9:35 a.m. at Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport in ...

Atlanta police on Tuesday announced the arrests of five so-called Blue Jean bandits, including those believed responsible for two of the most violent heists to date.

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.

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.

While the ballots for Hall and Gwinnett counties are among the skimpiest in the immediate Gainesville area for Tuesday's primaries, at least four counties are loaded with candidates... especially on their ...

When Steve Gooch began his race for state House, he had no money other than the $20,000 he loaned his campaign.

Pictured: Steve Gooch

Dozens of state lawmakers, from some of House Speaker Glenn Richardson's committee chairmen to a floor leader for Gov. Sonny Perdue, face primary tests Tuesday.

House District 9 (parts of Dawson, Forsyth and Lumpkin counties), Republican primary, Rep. Amos Amerson of Dahlonega vs. Dahlonega businessman Steve Gooch

A race between one of Richardson's committee chairmen (Amerson) and Gooch, a friend of Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle's, this one was bound to be a hard-hitting affair. It's been seen as an example of how the Richardson-Cagle political feud is bleeding into the GOP primaries. Both leaders have raised money for their candidates. Amerson has repeated Richardson's assertion that Georgians should get rid of Cagle, while Gooch has dubbed Amerson a Richardson pawn.