Forsyth County News

The Forsyth County commission intends to buy Lanierland and turn the former country music venue into a community park.

No one was injured in a brief car chase Thursday morning in Forsyth County. Officials with the Georgia State Patrol said the chase began around 8 a.m. on Georgia 400 northbound near the Bald Ridge Road exit off ramp.

Property taxes may be going up in Forsyth County. The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners tentatively adopted a millage rate Tuesday that will require an increase in the Maintenance and Operation property taxes and Fire property taxes.

Forsyth County Sheriff Ted Paxton is currently recovering in a Gainesville Hospital from injuries sustained in an off duty motorcycle accident.

First term Commissioner, Patrick Bell, rolled out the foundation for something unheard of in Forsyth County in decades, a plan to stimulate growth.

Two rising seniors from Forsyth County have been selected to represent the community in the Georgia Junior Miss Scholarship Program, to be held at the Jenny T. Anderson Theater in Marietta, Aug.

A five-year-old girl drowned in her Cumming pool Tuesday night. The girl's baby sitter was watching the girl swim in a pool in the Abington subdivision around 8 p.m. Tuesday when she went inside, Forsyth County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt.

Authorities charged a Forsyth County mother with cruelty to children after they said she left her 5-month-old boy in a hot car for 45 minutes while she shopped.

Public school choice will be limited for some parents in Gwinnett and Forsyth counties this fall.

The warm weather amenities at Bowen Family Homes' Hanover Place and Hanover Pointe communities have now opened for the summer.

A motorcyclist critically injured Saturday in a Forsyth County wreck has died, authorities said Monday.

In an effort to help their furry friends, the King's Ridge Christian School K-Kids organized a Pet Parade, raising $800 to benefit Canine Assistants and the Humane Society of Forsyth County.

Last week, it was determined that Georgia has enough water in its rivers and reservoirs to relax outdoor watering restrictions.

A 20-year-old Cumming man died Tuesday night after his car collided with a tractor-trailer on Georgia Highway 400.

" A 20-year-old Cumming man was killed when his vehicle went underneath a tractor trailer.

Gainesville School Board members agreed to buy new and used school buses Monday night to replace the buses that burned in an early morning fire May 22nd.

One person is dead after a fuel tanker and pickup truck collided this afternoon in northeastern Forsyth County.

U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson is joining an immigration battle to keep an 11-year-old Forsyth County girl, whose father is a U.S. citizen, from being deported to Poland.

Ewelina Bledniak was born in Poland 11 years ago but all she's ever known is Forsyth County.

A head-on collision yesterday afternoon on Dawsonville Highway claimed the life of an Alpharetta man.