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updated: Tue Jul 08, 2008 05:49 pm

Hall County News

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7 hrs ago | Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Henry man found dead on boat

A 45-year-old McDonough man was found dead in his boat Wednesday afternoon at Lake Lanier.

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Related Topix: McDonough, GA, Buford, GA

Mon Jul 07, 2008

The Times

Deck collapses, injuring 2 people

A preliminary investigation by Hall County Fire Services shows that a deck that collapsed late Sunday at 6585 Tara Trail in Lula, injuring two people, wasn't secured properly to the home.

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Related Topix: Lula, GA

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Court hears case against sex-offender registry

Georgia's sex-offender registry law should be struck down as unconstitutional because it makes being homeless a crime, a lawyer told the state's highest court on Monday.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA

Sun Jul 06, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Fight victim critical

A 32-year-old Gainesville man remained in critical condition at last check following a fight on Bolman Road in South Hall Sunday morning.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA, Pendergrass, GA

Sat Jul 05, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Healthy marriages promoted by Hall Co. Community Service Center

Some couples in the Gainesville-Hall County area will have access to Healthy Marriage training thanks to grant from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA, Wedding

The Times

Holiday weekend starts with 7 deaths

The holiday weekend started off deadly across the state - with six people killed in traffic accidents and one person drowning - but was relatively quiet in Hall County.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA

The Times

Dogs picked up by county after man is bitten

Hall County Animal Control picked up two dogs owned by the same man whose dog was killed by sheriff's deputies June 23 after they attacked and bit a man Friday afternoon.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

CBS 46

Hall Co. Post Office Named For Soldier

The Lula Post Office has been renamed for a fallen soldier from Georgia. At a ceremony Thursday, the postal facility in Hall County now bears the name of Army Private First Class Johnathon Millican.

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Related Topix: Lula, GA, Nathan Deal, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Hall commission budget takes some heat

Hall County commissioners Thursday approved a 2009 budget with less millage and no tax increase, but some citizens were not happy.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

The Times

Proposed Medicare cuts upset doctors

It has become an annual ritual: The White House tries to balance the federal budget by cutting Medicare payments to doctors, and at the last minute, Congress manages to get the cuts rescinded.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

MyFOX Atlanta

Man Found Dead on Hall County House Boat

Police were investigating a death at a Hall County marina Wednesday, July 2, 2008.

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Related Topix: Buford, GA, John Lewis, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Atlanta Metro, Atlanta, GA

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Hall County deputies fired upon in Lula

A man threatening suicide shot at deputies with the Hall County Sheriff's Office Wednesday in Lula.

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Related Topix: Lula, GA

WSB-TV

Body Found Aboard Boat In Buford

The Hall County Sheriff's Office is investigating a body found aboard a boat at the Holiday Marina in Buford.

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Related Topix: Buford, GA

Tue Jul 01, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

City, county exception rather than rule on state illegal alien law

Gainesville and Hall County are the exception rather than the rule when it comes to a new state law that requires use of a federal database on aliens.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA

The Times

No opposition for Hall Superior Court judges

Northeastern Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judges Kathlene Gosselin and Bonnie Chessher Oliver were both assured four more years on the bench, as qualifying closed today without either facing opposition.

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Related Topix: Dawson County, GA, Death Penalty

The Times

Major says investigation backs deputies who shot man's dogs

Frank Reeves' bullet-wounded dog Leonard spent Tuesday night in a Murrayville animal hospital courtesy of the Hall County Sheriff's Office.

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Related Topix: Murrayville, GA

Mon Jun 30, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Clermont boy flown to Grady after clothes catch fire

Authorities say a 4-year-old Clermont boy was flown to Grady Memorial Hospital Monday after burning himself with a lighter.

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Related Topix: Clermont, GA

Sun Jun 29, 2008

The Times

CRCT results show Hall probably will meet requirements

It looks like Hall County schools will meet the standards of "adequate yearly progress" for the first time since the federal No Child Left Behind Act began, educators said.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA

Fri Jun 27, 2008

The Times

Perfect attendance records rewarded

Some days it was freezing cold outside the blankets. Other days, students just might not have felt so good.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA

Wed Jun 25, 2008

WDUN-AM Gainesville

Record crowd expected to attend chamber job fair

Shelbie Dean, left, talks with Stephanie Stringer from the Georgia Department of Labor during a job fair Wednesday at the Georgia Mountains Center.

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Related Topix: Gainesville, GA

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