Elementary schools leading Forsyth's enrollment growth
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY — The Forsyth County Board of Education learned Thursday that system enrollment is nearly 200 students above projections at the halfway mark of the 2014-15 academic...
View ArticleForsyth looking to prep Lanierland site for park
By: Kelly Whitmire NORTH FORSYTH — For one last time, someone is going to bring the house down at Lanierland. During the Forsyth County commission’s meeting Thursday, Parks and Recreation Director Jim...
View ArticleCumming’s response sends state AG to sidelines
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — It appears the state attorney general’s office is no longer looking into an allegation that the city of Cumming may have held an illegal meeting in December. In a response...
View ArticleForsyth mother shares miraculous survival story
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY -- She was 23 weeks pregnant. On her fourth visit to the doctor, they found the northwest Forsyth woman had no amniotic fluid and signs of stress in the womb that...
View ArticleEconomic Outlook Breakfast Jan. 27 at Forsyth Conference Center
By: Kelly Whitmire FORSYTH COUNTY — Ticket sales have begun for one of the Cumming- Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce’s most popular annual events. In partnership with the Lanier-Forsyth Rotary Club...
View ArticlePinecrest Academy's Haynes revels in Ohio State national championship experience
By: Brian Paglia It wasn’t real for Bryce Haynes until someone handed him a black T-shirt and a black baseball cap with CHAMPS written on the front in bold, gold block letters. Quickly, he got his...
View ArticleWest Forsyth school wins prize for recycled carton creation
By: Kayla Robins WEST FORSYTH -- A massive replica of the Greek Trojan horse sat in an elementary school in Forsyth County, not as a secretive attack tactic but as an educational method to encourage...
View ArticleTHE GRIND: Pinecrest Academy's Crone steps up in first varsity season
By: Foster Lander When John Crone dialed his ailing grandfather Monday night, he wasn’t sure what to expect. Bob Crone, in and out of intensive care after a stroke, answered the phone some 615 miles...
View ArticleForsyth Central "Domecoming" brings hoops action back to original gym
By: Foster Lander The last time Forsyth Central hosted a basketball game in its dome gym, many of the Bulldogs’ current players hadn’t yet been born. Bill Clinton had just been elected for his second...
View ArticleProtest held at Cumming City Hall
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — Prior to the Cumming City Council’s meeting Tuesday morning to review the findings of an impeachment investigation panel, about a dozen protestors gathered outside city...
View ArticleFire damages west Forsyth home
By: Jim Dean WEST FORSYTH — A woman investigating a popping sound Tuesday morning at her home in the Vickery Downs subdivision discovered the garage was on fire and its doors were starting to melt from...
View ArticleCumming seeks state AG’s review of impeachment case
By: Kelly Whitmire CUMMING — The State Attorney General’s Office is being asked to review the possible impeachment of a Cumming elected official. During a special called meeting Tuesday morning, the...
View ArticleDates announced for Forsyth kindergarten sign-ups
By: Kayla Robins FORSYTH COUNTY – Whether your oldest child soon will take that memorable first-day-of-school photo sporting an oversized backpack, or whether the first day of kindergarten is a routine...
View ArticleForsyth 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 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...
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