Flowery Branch, GA

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA (CBS46)—A Gwinnett Count commissioner is pushing to have the county overhaul its trash collection process. According to a press release from Gwinnett County Commissioner Kirkland Carden, several residents have complained about the counties’ trash collection process. Also, Carden took issue with a 10-year contract the county signed with a private trash contractor. The contract was signed before Carden was elected to the board of commissioners.

ATLANTA - Does the Banks County Sheriff live in Banks County? Seems like a simple question that should be easily answered. A sheriff has to live in the county he or she serves. Sheriff Carlton Speed says he does, and he pays his taxes in Banks County. But, the FOX...

Hospitals and healthcare facilities are a prime target of cyberattacks, requiring ample investigation to determine the cause and the culprit. A recent case just closed by federal authorities involved a 2018 cyberattack at Gwinnett Medical Center hospitals in Lawrenceville and Duluth, Georgia. While many cyberattacks are carried out by random...

FLOYD COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities in north Georgia are asking for the public's help finding a missing 13-year-old child not seen since Monday afternoon near a local waterway. Floyd County Police said that 13-year-old Erika Hope Touchstone went missing from the area of Armuchee Creek around 2 p.m. and may have run away. Touchstone is described as having brown hair and blue eyes. She is about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 120 pounds.

The owner of Maximum Powersports is going to have to get approval of a conditional use permit in order to offer dirt bike training on his property. The Banks County Board of Commissioners held a hearing on Tuesday, June 15, to discuss a code violation of the current conditional use permint that Zachary Lurie has to operate the business at Columbus Drive.

You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. If you prefer to eat your cake, head to a Rhodes Family Bakery for what Eat This, Not That says is the best cake in Georgia. “Baking the perfect cake takes top-notch culinary skills, but it’s also an art form,” the website wrote in its roundup of the best cake in each state. “Cake shops offer custom-made cakes that are often so ornate and gorgeous that it seems like a crime to slice into them. Someone has got to dig in and enjoy that first piece, though.”

Harold Fletcher received one of the Lions highest honors, the Melvin Jones Fellowship, at a recent meeting of the Jefferson Lions Club. The Melvin Jones Fellowship is the backbone of Lions Club foundation. Melvin Jones was the founder of Lions Club International. The fellowship is presented to those who donate US $1,000 to Lions Club International foundation or to people for whom a donation by others is made.

ABC viewers in Cherokee County may someday soon spot a familiar face among international stars: Billy Hasty, Jr., Canton attorney and law firm owner, and longtime chair of the Cherokee County Hospital Authority. Hasty’s home in the Hawk’s Ridge neighborhood near Ball Ground was the set of an upcoming ABC...