Holiday program provides for 2,100 kids
By: Crystal Ledford Thanks to a local program, more than 2,100 Forsyth County children received Christmas presents they otherwise may not have. Jerry Dupree, coordinator of the Forsyth County Family...
View ArticleGroup may fight permit for retailer
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A local watchdog group is considering recourse action following Forsyth County’s decision to grant a land disturbance permit for a Walmart on Peachtree Parkway. Smart Growth Forsyth...
View ArticleGuilty plea in mother’s stabbing
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A Cumming man will serve five years in prison for stabbing his mother in June 2011. Ryan Cocuzza, 32, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count each of aggravated assault family...
View ArticleCounty commission shuffles offices
By: Alyssa LaRenzie For the third consecutive year, the Forsyth County commission will have a new chairman. Commissioners on Thursday elected Pete Amos to lead the five-member panel in 2013. Jim Boff,...
View ArticleAnimal shelter construction bid near
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The Forsyth County commission on Thursday authorized the procurement department to issue a bid for construction of an animal shelter. The shelter, approved as part of the most...
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Several tapped for local boards
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A new face on the Forsyth County commission means new appointees for various local boards. Commissioner Cindy Jones Mills, who started her four-year term Thursday, announced her...
View ArticleTraffic alert: School starts back Monday
By: Crystal Ledford Traffic likely will be heavier this week. After being off since Dec. 21, students and staff in the Forsyth County school system will return to class Monday. That means school...
View ArticleGBI’s slaying investigation continues
By: Alyssa LaRenzie As the investigation enters its second month, authorities still have little to report on the slaying of a Cumming man at his deer processing business in middle Georgia. John...
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Softball: Lady Raiders sign scholarships
By: John McWilliams North Forsyth’s Savannah Chapman will play softball for (Div. II) Georgia College and State University next season. The first baseman and outfielder paced North to its most wins...
View ArticleGirls basketball: South wins Holiday on the Hardwoods
By: Newsroom Staff South Forsyth’s girls basketball team went 3-0 to win the Holiday on the Hardwoods Tournament, held Dec. 27-29 in Cherokee, N.C. The Lady War Eagles (9-2) defeated Pisgah High School...
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Softball: Twenty-two make all-county team
By: John McWilliams Forsyth County head softball coaches named 22 players to the 2012 All-Forsyth County team. The decision process wasn’t easy, as all five teams made it to the postseason for the...
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Jurors, public reminded about downtown parking
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A week after the permanent closure of the parking deck in the Cumming square, more temporary public parking locations have become available. The 246-space deck at East Main and...
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Basketball: Creekview squads rout Central
By: Jared Putnam Once Forsyth Central’s boys shut down Matt Leahy in the second half, a comeback seemed to be in the works. But when Creekview turned up the defensive pressure, it gummed up the...
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Many 'Bring One for the Chipper'
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Forsyth County residents again turned out in droves to recycle their real Christmas trees Saturday during the Bring One for the Chipper event.The statewide tree recycling day...
View ArticleFirm picked to raze downtown structures
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The Forsyth County courthouse and jail project is proceeding on schedule as commissioners on Tuesday chose a company to demolish some existing downtown structures to clear the...
View ArticleTighter rec center security considered
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Recent thefts from local recreation centers have led the Forsyth County’s parks and recreation board to consider tightening security measures at the facilities.During its meeting...
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County renews consulting contract
By: Alyssa LaRenzie Forsyth County commissioners’ decision Tuesday to renew an annual consulting services agreement has raised some concerns in the community about the state lobbying record of the...
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North grad dies following wreck in Tenn.
By: Alyssa LaRenzie A graduate of North Forsyth High School died Monday following a motorcycle wreck in Franklin, Tenn., south of Nashville.Kory Wayne Dickey, 25, was struck by a pickup truck at 1:24...
View ArticleRanks of resource officers to double
By: Alyssa LaRenzie The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office will double the number of school resource officers in February by reassigning current staff.|The increase from seven to 14 officers, plus at...
View ArticleQuarry among six Lafarge is selling
By: Crystal Ledford A Cumming quarry soon will be under new ownership.Lafarge North America Inc. on Thursday announced it has signed binding agreements to sell the local quarry and five others in...
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