A proposed new law, Senate Bill 136 (also known as the “Kile Glover Boat Education Law” and “Jake and Griffin Prince BUI Law”), unanimously passed the Georgia State Senate on Friday, March 1, 2013. Senate Bill 136, if passed by the House, will: • reduce …
Category: Public Safety
Jeffrey Hubbard Indicted in Kile Glover’s Death
Melissa Cummings, communications/outreach specialist with the Georgia DNR, Wildlife Resources Division, has confirmed that Jeffery Hubbard was indicted on February 28, 2013, by a Hall County Grand Jury for the death in July 2012 of Kile Glover on Lake Lanier. Kile Glover, 11, was killed in a jet …
Right to Hike’s Spring Golf Classic
Right to Hike, Inc. was founded after the violent death of Meredith Hope Emerson on the Appalachian Trail near Georgia’s Blood Mountain in January of 2008. The work done by Right to Hike (RTH) volunteers goes far beyond remembering a beloved friend, coworker and daughter. …
Bear Poaching Suspects Named
A law enforcement task force of federal and state investigators spent four years tracking down people accused of illegal poaching in North Carolina, Georgia and adjacent states. “Operation Something Bruin” bagged more than 80 people who are believed to have broken conservation laws in the killing …
Bear Poachers Caught in “Operation Something Bruin”
“Operation Something Bruin” — a four-year undercover operation conducted by federal and state investigators in North Carolina and Georgia — has led to the filing of charges against more than 80 violators who are accused of almost 1,000 illegal incidents. Neighboring states also took part in this …
DOT: “Frosty the Snowman” Leaving North GA
Teri Pope, the District One communications officer for the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT), informs us Frosty the Snowman is on his way out of Northeast Georgia on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Georgia DOT began plowing snow at 6 a.m. as Frosty visited Rabun County. …
Local Warning Sirens to Wail on 2-20-13
The next test of Hall County’s severe weather warning system will take place Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at 10 AM. The sirens will wail for about three minutes. Hall County Central Communications/E9-1-1 audible tests of the severe weather warning system occur once every three months. …
Update on Search for Missing Boater on Lanier
The latest updates from Melissa Cummings, public affairs coordinator for the GA Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division include the name of the boater missing since Monday, February 11, 2013: George “Marty” Counts, age 48, of Tucker, GA. Saturday: According to the Gainesville Times, underwater …
Lake Lanier’s Dock Permits & Asteroids
Yes, there is still a possibility for you to get a permit for a dock on Lake Lanier. Yes, there is a possibility that a huge asteroid will strike Earth on February 15th. No one knows which of these two occurrences is more likely than …
Fishing Boat Hits Rowing Shell on Lake Lanier
Rowing is an elegant sport. It’s marvelous to watch sportsmen working in unison as they glide a shell of a boat — that appears to be a large pencil cut in half from end to end — across Lake Lanier or the Chattahoochee River. Spectators often wonder …