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Public Affairs Officer Mark McKinnon with the Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division released the final Fourth of July Weekend Boating Incident report for 2014. The last time Independence Day was adjacent to a weekend was in 2011. At that time 44 Boating Under …
We regret to inform you that a police officer drowned in Lake Lanier on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at Little Ridge Park off of Lanier Beach South Road in Forsyth County. Details provided by Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Doug Rainwater say Cannon Trent …
We cannot go back and change the past, but we can make laws governing boating safety that can save lives in the future. When boating laws change in Georgia on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, all persons born on or after January 1, 1998, who operate any …
First of all, we extend our condolences to the families and friends of those who lost loved ones in the tragic events led to three drownings in Lake Lanier on Sunday, June 8, 2014. We are grateful for all those who helped in the rescue …
What began as another weekend of world-class WERA motorcycle racing ended with a fatality at Road Atlanta. According to Hall County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Deputy Nicole Bailes 29-year-old Andrew White from Dallas, Georgia, was participating in one of the WERA motorcycle events on Saturday, …
Department of Natural Resources Spokeswoman Melissa Cummings has the final totals from all the boating incidents that occurred around Georgia over the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend — the unofficial start to summer. Law enforcement officers and rescue personnel were busy this past weekend, but there …
Melissa Cummings, our friend in the Communications Department at Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, tells lakelanier.com that there have been no fatalities on Lake Lanier over the long Memorial Day Weekend, as of 3 PM on Monday, May 26, 2014. One tragic drowning death was …
County, state and federal law enforcement officials joined Georgia’s Office of Highway Safety Director Harris Blackwood at a news conference on Friday, May 23, 2014, at the Bethany Bridge Boat Ramp on Lake Allatoona. They all shared one simple message: “Choose Your Ride.” Many law …
On Thursday, February 20, 2014, jurors in Hall County, Georgia, convicted Jeffrey S. Hubbard of crimes that caused the death of Kile Glover, 11, and severely injured a second person riding an inner tube on Lake Lanier on July 6, 2012. Mr. Hubbard, described in early reports …
The Georgia DOT says, “Thank you for your help this week battling Old Man Winter!” “By staying off state routes and interstates, you gave GDOT room to work in the travel lanes. We were able to remove winter precipitation and treat the roadways more efficiently. …