Louisville News

When George Thompson stepped down as Gwinnett Schools Superintendent in January 1995, the student population was 80,000, half what it is today.

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 7:04 p.m. A 33-year-old man has been arrested on vehicular homicide after authorities say he wrecked a car while fleeing police near Louisville, causing the death of a 2-year-old passenger and injuring another child.

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 3:41 p.m. Sandra Young of Louisville, Ga., is the winner of the Beat the Pros contest for Week 10.

After 12 years of serving as chief tax appraiser of McDuffie County, Katherine Perry is leaving for a similar position in neighboring Jefferson County.

It's awfully easy to scare up a good time on Halloween. Whether your costumed party of choice is bar- hopping or something more family-friendly, the spookiest of seasons offers a little something for everyone.

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A Hephzibah woman is expected to stand trial soon on murder charges in McDuffie County Superior Court stemming from the 2006 vehicular homicide of a woman who was raised in Thomson.

A flash flood watch in effect from late Tuesday night through Wednesday evening, said the National Weather Service in Peachtree City.

After a brief respite from the heavy downpours that sent creeks out of their banks on Monday, forecasters are warning of another round of heavy rain, beginning Tuesday night and continuing through the day on Wednesday.

The 20th annual Augusta Greek Festival runs through 10 tonight and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 953 Telfair St.

Aug. 20, 2008: Max Gilpin, 15, collapses during a football practice at Pleasure Ridge Park High School and is taken to Kosair Children's Hospital for treatment of heat stroke.

A Jefferson County jury has found David Jason Stinson not guilty on charges of reckless homicide and wanton endangerment in the death of 15-year-old Max Gilpin, one of his players at Pleasure Ridge Park High School.

Katina Yvette Williams and David Tyrone Batts were united in marriage on Friday, July 17, 2009 at 7 p.m. at Paine College Gilbert Lambuth Memorial Chapel in Augusta, Georgia.

Jennifer Flowers of Stapleton, Georgia and Jake Lunday of Mtn. Home were married at 3 pm on August 15th, 2009 at The Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Whitestone Country Inn in Kingston, Tennessee.

A Louisville man has been returned to Clark County to face charges in the July 30 carjacking and robbery of a New Albany woman.

Jury selection in the reckless homicide and wanton endangerment trial of former Pleasure Ridge Park football coach Jason Stinson begins Monday afternoon - if Jefferson Circuit Judge Susan Schultz Gibson decides not to dismiss the case.

A courtroom defendant accused of threatening a prosecutor was restrained with a Taser Wednesday, Louisville television station WLKY reported.

Firemen rest after dealing with an overturned tanker on the Louisville on ramp to Interstate 16.

A prosecutor is declining to pursue a complaint filed with police by a woman embroiled in an alleged extortion attempt involving Louisville coach Rick Pitino.

I was invited last week to speak to a group of folks over in Louisville, which happens to be the county seat of Jefferson County - whose population is roughly the size of one of our local football stadiums on an October Friday night.