PREP ROUNDUP: Vollrath's 4 goals lead South Forsyth girls soccer
By: Sports Staff BASEBALL Cambridge 9, Kell 3 Jonathan Hirschland pitched a complete game and the Bears salvaged a Region 7-AAAAA, Div. B series Friday at home. Hirschland allowed three runs on five...
View ArticleRegional job fair Tuesday at Lanier Tech's Forsyth Conference Center
By: Kelly Whitmire FORSYTH COUNTY -- If you’re looking for a job, a job might be looking for you. On Tuesday, the Georgia Department of Labor will be hosting the North Georgia Career Fair Lanier...
View ArticleHomestead exemption deadline approaching in Forsyth
By: Kelly Whitmire FORSYTH COUNTY -- The Forsyth County Tax Assessors Office will be opening earlier this week for homestead exemption applications, but the deadline is quickly approaching. From...
View ArticleTaste of Forsyth returning Saturday to Cumming Fairgrounds
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING -- On Saturday, the Cumming Fairgrounds will feature egg hunts, trucks and live music, but most importantly food. The fifth annual Taste of Forsyth will be held from 11...
View ArticleWEEKEND RECAP: West Forsyth boys golf wins first-ever championship
By: Sports Staff BOYS GOLF West Forsyth at Packer Invitational MOULTRIE – The Wolverines shot 305 to place first out of 27 teams in the Packer Invitational on Saturday. The team of Robert Shaw, Drew...
View ArticleHeroin’s hold -- Nationwide rise in overdoses hits close to home in Forsyth...
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY -- One night. One fulfilled temptation, after remaining cleaner than she had been in a year. Paula Chambers kept track of almost every move her daughter made in an...
View ArticlePac-Man fever comes to Forsyth County
By: Jim Dean If you grew up in the 80's, the gobbling yellow Pac-Man orb is probably no stranger to you. You might even still be playing on your phone or tablet. Chances are you've never played...
View ArticleThe Place of Forsyth seeks Easter basket items for seniors
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — A local nonprofit knows that kids love hunting for colorful, candy-filled plastic eggs on Easter, but their goal this holiday is for that love to continue through the...
View ArticlePinecrest Academy baseball outlasts Fellowship Christian
By: Michael Foster After his team surrendered eight unanswered runs in just two frames, Pinecrest Academy coach Ryan Weingart just hoped his players still had it in them to stay focused. Luckily,...
View ArticleSetting of beams for new Hwy. 20 bridge at Forsyth-Gwinnett line to start
By: Newsroom Staff EAST FORSYTH — Crews are scheduled to begin Wednesday setting pre-stressed concrete beams for the first of two new Hwy. 20 bridges over the Chattahoochee River at the...
View ArticlePREP ROUNDUP: Pinecrest girls' soccer clinches home playoff game
By: Sports Staff BASEBALL Lambert 13, Chattahoochee 2 Darius Foster went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, a home run and three RBI as the Longhorns cruised to a Region 6-AAAAAA victory in five innings...
View Article3 things to know about 2015 high school football schedules
By: Brian Paglia The Georgia High School Association released the 2015 high school football schedules for every member team in the state Wednesday afternoon, and so fans can begin to anticipate another...
View ArticleFatal crash re-enactment sends message to Forsyth teens
By: Kayla Robins NORTH FORSYTH – Two cars rested facing each other in a North Forsyth High School parking lot Wednesday, their windshields shattered and steel frame crushed from the impact of their...
View ArticleForsyth is Georgia’s second fastest growing county
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — You don’t have to have lived in Forsyth long to notice the county is growing at the pace of an Olympic sprinter. According to recent data released by the U.S. Census...
View Article5-year-old child dies after being struck by car
By: Newsroom Staff GAINESVILLE — A 5-year-old riding his scooter was struck by an oncoming vehicle Tuesday and later died, according to Gainesville police. Police responded to a 911 call about 7 p.m....
View ArticleState money will go toward land for new Lanier Tech campus
By: Newsroom Staff OAKWOOD — Lanier Technical College will relocate its current Oakwood campus to another location in Hall County, school and state officials announced Thursday. The money for land...
View ArticleBlasting at quarry near Cumming a concern
By: Kelly Whitmire FORSYTH COUNTY — Bluegrass Materials officials met Monday night with neighbors of its Ronald Reagan Boulevard quarry affected by blasts that have seemingly intensified over the last...
View ArticleWinter cleanup continues for DOT on Forsyth County roads
By: Newsroom Staff FORSYTH COUNTY — Crews with the state Department of Transportation have begun installing thousands of raised pavement markers this week on state routes in north Georgia where they...
View ArticleRegional community foundation creates Forsyth affiliate
By: Kelly Whitmire FORSYTH COUNTY — The North Georgia Community Foundation, a Gainesville-based organization that helps philanthropists support nonprofit organizations, is opening its first affiliate...
View ArticleTaste of Forsyth returning Saturday to Cumming Fairgrounds
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING -- On Saturday, the Cumming Fairgrounds will feature egg hunts, trucks and live music, but most importantly food. The fifth annual Taste of Forsyth will be held from 11...
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