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FRIDAY NIGHT STARS: Sept. 19, 2014
By: Sports Staff Here are some of the best high school football performances from Forsyth County players this past Friday. Grant Anderskow, West Forsyth: The senior rushed for 65 yards and two...
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EXTRA POINTS: Lambert still searching for answer at QB
By: Foster Lander The Longhorns completed just one pass in the first half of Friday’s loss to Alpharetta (a 20-yard strike from Reid Martin to Houston Earnest), so senior Drew Cole stepped in. He may...
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Cadet from Cumming finds support at Riverside
By: Newsroom Staff GAINESVILLE — Ben Brewer, a Riverside Military Academy senior from Cumming, learned what it means to be a caretaker when his father was stricken with cancer. Brewer spent last summer...
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Indictment in theft case
By: Newsroom Staff NORTH FORYSTH — A Forsyth County grand jury handed down an indictment last week of a north Forsyth woman arrested as part of an investigation into possible fraudulent legal...
View ArticleShore Sweep to tackle Lake Lanier cleanup
By: Newsroom Staff GAINESVILLE — Millions enjoy Lake Lanier each year, and lake groups want those visitors to return the favor with some litter cleanup. This year’s Shore Sweep is set for 8 a.m. to 1...
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FCSO training draws attention in north Forsyth
By: Jim Dean NORTH FORSYTH — Motorists traveling along Ga. 400 near Martin Road in north Forsyth have reported seeing a large number of sheriff’s vehicles and law enforcement activity this week. But...
View ArticleRetired high-ranking Marine to speak at armory Saturday
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — The public is invited to hear from the 12thsergeant major of the U.S. Marine Corps during an event Saturday at the National Guard Readiness Center in Cumming. Gene...
View ArticlePREP ROUNDUP: North Forsyth volleyball ends area match drought
By: Sports Staff SOFTBALL North Forsyth 20, Alpharetta 2 ALPHARETTA – Madelyn Oliver had three hits and four RBI and North cruised to a Region 6-AAAAAA victory Tuesday on the road. In total, North...
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Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office honored by state
By: Newsroom Staff MACON — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office was one of several law enforcement agencies honored Wednesday by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety during its 14th Annual Governor’s...
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Bar where Forsyth student fatally beaten closed
By: Newsroom Staff STATESBORO — Rude Rudy’s, the bar where an 18-year-old Georgia Southern student from Forsyth County suffered a beating on Aug. 28 before dying a few hours later, has closed, and its...
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Football preview: Lambert at North Forsyth
By: Sports Staff Lambert at North Forsyth When, where: Friday, 7:30 p.m., at Raider Valley in Coal Mountain. Records, rankings: Lambert is 1-3 overall, 1-2 in Region 6-AAAAAA and unranked; North is...
View ArticleFootball preview: New Creation at Horizon Christian
By: Sports Staff New Creation at Horizon Christian When, where: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., at Bennett Park in Cumming. Records: New Creation is 0-4; Horizon is 1-3. Last meeting: New Creation won 37-6 in...
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Football preview: Riverwood at Forsyth Central
By: Sports Staff Riverwood at Forsyth Central When, where: Friday, 7:30 p.m., at Bulldog Stadium in Cumming. Records, rankings: Riverwood is 4-0 overall, 1-0 in Region 7-AAAAA, Div. B and unranked;...
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Forsyth football teams are all in a rush
By: Foster Lander Forsyth high school football teams get things going on the ground. Here’s a look at how they do it: Forsyth Central Central coach Shane Williamson’s short-lived spread experiment last...
View ArticleTweeks to tree ordinance rooted in beautification
By: Kelly Whitmire FORSYTH COUNTY — In an effort to enliven neighborhoods, the Forsyth commission voted 5-0 on Tuesday to update the county’s tree ordinance. Following the change, the minimum size for...
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Spay/neuter guidelines for animal shelter revisited
By: Kelly Whitmire NORTH FORSYTH — The Forsyth County Animal Control and Shelter Advisory Committee gave the deputy county manager the go-ahead Wednesday night to work out the local spay-neuter process...
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DOT gets input on how best to widen Hwy. 9
By: Micah Green SOUTH FORSYTH — The Georgia Department of Transportation held an open house Tuesday night at Vickery Creek Middle School to gather input on its preliminary plans to widen the...
View ArticlePREP ROUNDUP: West Forsyth volleyball extends win streak to 9
By: Sports Staff SOFTBALL Sprayberry 13, Forsyth Central 0 MARIETTA – The Lady Bulldogs dropped their Region 7-AAAAA, Div. B regular season finale Thursday on the road. The loss put Central (11-10,...
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THE BUZZ: Weekly ranking - Sept. 26, 2014
By: Newsroom Staff Our new weekly print and video series where local high school students share "The Buzz" about what’s going on at their school. Every Friday, sports editor Brian Paglia ranks the top...
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LaFlamme carries South Forsyth past Chattahoochee
By: Sports Staff It was the Tyler LaFlamme show at Chattahoochee High School Friday night. LaFlamme had 32 carries for 416 yards and five touchdowns—not a typo—in a 42-34 win.“I’ve been doing this 24...
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