Forsyth Central boys finish comeback against North Springs
By: Foster Lander The students had arrived in droves. Alumnus from Forsyth County High basketball teams past filled rows of bleachers. Even the court, now more than five decades old, was still in good...
View ArticleForsyth Central girls dominate North Springs
By: Foster Lander No, that’s not a typo: Forsyth Central’s girls held North Springs scoreless in the second quarter and for a nearly 13-minute stretch spanning the first, second and third quarters. The...
View ArticleWoman charged in northeast Forsyth shooting case arrested again
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — A woman recently arrested for being in a car with a man who reportedly shot a 24-year-old in northeast Forsyth was detained Wednesday on suspicion of driving under the...
View ArticlePlans revised for rec building at new-look Cumming City Park
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — Revisions have been made to a proposed recreation building at Cumming City Park in an effort to keep the project on budget. At the most recent Cumming City Council meeting,...
View ArticleFirm to design McGinnis Ferry exit off Ga. 400 near Forsyth line
By: Kelly Whitmire SOUTH FORSYTH — Traffic on Ga. 400 in northern Fulton and southern Forsyth counties likely will get worse before it improves, though officials say a new exit will ultimately ease...
View ArticleGED help offered to probationers in Forsyth County
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — A local college, an adult education program, the Georgia Department of Corrections and a former Forsyth County school superintendent are about to begin an education...
View ArticleFirst Forsyth County homeless shelter closer
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — Forsyth County’s first homeless shelter is two steps closer to becoming a reality. That reality would support children and their families, who many leading the effort...
View ArticleHorizon Christian boys searching for right formula
By: Foster Lander Horizon had lost twice in the span of 11 days this month — after losing twice all of last season — and Curtis Eggleston couldn’t sleep. Those two setbacks, by a combined eight points...
View ArticleWest Forsyth’s Red Cross Club first of its kind
By: Kelly Whitmire WEST FORSYTH -- West Forsyth High has clubs for many interests ranging from languages to robotics, but until recently the school didn’t have a group for one of the largest...
View ArticleEvent Thursday in Gainesville celebrates a healthy north Georgia
By: Newsroom Staff GAINESVILLE — Celebrate Healthy North Georgia, an initiative of District 2 Public Health and its partners, is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Green Street Banquet Hall....
View ArticleNew mailbox setup an issue for proposed south Forsyth subdivision
By: Kayla Robins SOUTH FORSYTH — Recent U.S. Postal Service guidelines that require new subdivisions to have a cluster mailbox setup have posed a dilemma for developers of one would-be south Forsyth...
View ArticleTwo-vehicle south Forsyth wreck kills man, 54
By: Jim Dean SOUTH FORSYTH — The Forsyth County Sheriff's Office has identified the 54-year-old man killed in a two-vehicle wreck Sunday night. Kenneth Payne of Cumming was driving a 1997 Chevrolet...
View ArticleHumane Society of Forsyth debuts cat habitat
By: Kayla Robins NORTH FORSYTH -- Shoppers visiting a local north Forsyth pet supply store can now leave with more than feed. Just be sure to check with the family before bringing home a bag of food —...
View ArticlePREP ROUNDUP: West Forsyth wrestling finishes fourth at Blue Devil Brawl
By: Sports Staff MARIETTA – Despite a small lineup, West Forsyth wrestling managed to finish fourth at the Blue Devil Brawl on Saturday at Marietta High School. Denver Stonecheck led the Wolverines,...
View ArticleCumming man injured in fatal wrong-way collision
By: Kayla Robins ATLANTA — A Cumming man was hospitalized early Saturday after he was injured in a head-on collision that claimed the life of another driver on an Atlanta interstate. A witness told...
View ArticleCrash injures 2 kids, driver near Lakeland Plaza in Cumming
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — A two-car head-on collision Sunday night near a Cumming retail center sent three people, including two young children, to the hospital. According to Doug Rainwater, a...
View ArticleSuspected meth lab found in southeast Dawson
By: Newsroom Staff DAWSONVILLE — Authorities busted a suspected methamphetamine lab this morning at a home on Hanging Dog Road in southeastern Dawson County. Dawson County Sheriff’s Maj. Ray Goodie...
View ArticleCumming man arrested after $25K in drugs found
By: Newsroom Staff CUMMING — A Cumming man has been charged with trafficking methamphetamine in Oakwood after investigators found a suspected 250 grams of the substance Monday. The Multi-Agency...
View ArticleWest Forsyth's Parker, Pirkle commit to Arkansas soccer
By: Brian Paglia On the trip back to Cumming on Monday, through Little Rock and Memphis and Birmingham and Atlanta, Carsen Parker and Brooke Pirkle figured out their future. The West Forsyth sophomores...
View ArticleShoplifting sisters sought after striking 47 Targets
By: Kayla Robins CUMMING — They’re not quite a match for Forsyth County’s Bonnie and Clyde duo, but authorities are closing in on two sisters suspected of nearly 50 separate shoplifting incidents at...
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