Woman Killed in Single-Vehicle Wreck
A 57 year-old Forsyth County resident died yesterday afternoon when her 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer left the road and struck a power pole...

GA 400 Daytime Lane Closures Through Tuesday
Georgia DOT announces lane closures on State Route 400 in Forsyth County if weather permits tomorrow the 29th and continuing Monday the 3rd and Tuesday the 4th...

Tragic Month in Georgia - 3 Young Lives Lost in Crashes
Fire Rescue Units in Tattnall, Toombs, and Appling County worked triple tragedies last month and couldn’t help but wonder, “How could it happen here?”...

Overnight Lane Closures on Ga 400 at Exit 13
Delays are expected on SR 400 northbound Sunday night and southbound Monday night  as traffic is narrowed to one lane and detoured up the exit ramp...

New State Highway Maps To Be Distributed
More than one million official 2008 State Highway maps are to be distributed beginning this week across Georgia, the State Transportation Board was told Thursday...

Laughinghouse Responds to "Inaccurate" Letters
It is a rare occasion that I will respond to a letter to the editor regarding Forsyth County government matters.  In fact, during my tenure as a Forsyth County Commissioner, I have never done so.  However, there were three letters published in last Sunday’s Forsyth County News that were so laden with factual errors that I feel I have no choice but to respond...

Residents Strongly Oppose Rezonings on Castleberry Road.
On January 17, 2008, the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners will either approve or deny ZA 3438 for a change from A-1 zoning to Neighborhood Shopping, (NS), to build a strip mall on three acres in the Big Creek Watershed on Castleberry Road. Approximately 80 citizens of Forsyth County are requesting a denial...

GA 400 Getting Cable Barriers in the Median
State Transportation Board Chairman Mike Evans today announced that the Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded more than $6 million in contracts for the construction of more than 35 miles of center median cable barriers on Interstate Highway 985 in Hall and Gwinnett counties and Georgia State Route 400 in Forsyth County...

South Forsyth High School Student Killed in Crash
A late night single-vehicle crash claimed the life of a 17 year-old South Forsyth High School senior last night...

Blood Drives in the Cumming Area in December and January
Please considering giving the gift of Life this Holiday Season by donating blood at one of the local area blood drives.  I have my appointment set... will you join me?

Motorcyclist Critically Injured in Wreck
A 37 year-old Dawsonville man was critically injured December 16th  when his motorcycle collided with a passenger car...

DUI Charged in Serious Accident - UPDATE
Three persons were injured, including two children who were injured critically, in an early evening wreck December 11th on Buford Highway at Marketplace Boulevard in Cumming. Kiran Ayn Bandari Rao (Kiran means "ray of light"), 10, of Cumming, passed from this life peacefully on Friday, December 21, 2007...

Kids Village Proposed for Forsyth County
Brightly colored awnings, colorful signs, and sidewalks painted with train tracks and hopscotch games...

SPLOST Transportation Committee Digs in
Forsyth County engineering director John Cunard introduced the seven member citizens committee to the first layer of details for their task of deciding the best transportation projects for the next 5 years...

Oops! GA 400 Exits Renumbered by Mistake
If you have lived in Forsyth County for long, you know that we live by our GA 400 exit numbers here. That lifestyle was turned on its head today for just a few hours. Early this afternoon Cumminghome began receiving reports that the exit signs on GA 400 had been changed...