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Female driver dies in South Hall wreck One driver was killed and another driver was sent to the Gainesville hospital following a Tuesday, April 27, wreck on Atlanta Highway in South Hall, according to authorities. Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to Atlanta Highway south of Holiday Road to a crash involving two cars. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said the crash killed a female driver and injured the other male driver, who wa...

Two men killed in head-on wreck on Athens Highway Two men were killed in an early morning wreck Saturday, April 24 on Athens Highway at Barrett Road, according to authorities. The men were identified as Marcos Ezequiel Lopez, 25, of Gainesville, and Toby Langley, 42, of Talmo, according to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said Lopez and Langley were the drivers and had no passengers. Booth said both were wearing seatbelts. Booth said...

Authorities investigating fatal wreck on 985 One man was killed Saturday, April 24, after his SUV left the northbound lanes of Interstate 985 and rolled several times, according to authorities. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal single-vehicle wreck that happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday near mile marker 11, which is between the Friendship and Spout Springs roads’ exits. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said the driver was ejected after th...

Flowery Branch man apprehended months after arrest warrant on rape, child molestation charges A Flowery Branch man is accused of rape involving a young girl during the summer of 2020, according to authorities. James Kenneth Evans, 32, was charged with rape, child molestation and sexual battery and booked Saturday, April 17, in to the Hall County Jail. Hall County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Derreck Booth said the charges all concern the same girl under the age of 16. Booth said...

Hall County inmate accused of stabbing jail officer with a pen A Braselton woman in the Hall County Jail allegedly stabbed an officer in the face with an ink pen, according to authorities. Leann Strangler Smith, 42, has been in the jail since Jan. 2 on a State Court arrest order but is now facing charges of aggravated assault on a peace officer and obstruction of an officer. The arrest order concerns an ongoing State Court case with charges including criminal trespass and misdem...

A request to approve $57,459 in Sheriff’s Office funds for the second entrance was presented to the Hall County board of commissioners at a work session Monday, March 8, for a voting meeting Thursday, March 11.

Buford man died day after he fatally shot two women, turned gun on self, authorities say Hall County Sheriffs Office investigators work the scene of a shooting in East Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Courtesy of Hall County Sheriffs Office) Updated March 2: The Buford man accused of fatally shooting a mother and daughter before shooting himself in East Hall late last month died a day after initially surviving in critical condition, the Hall County Sher...

Authorities say a Hampton man found hiding Friday, Feb. 19, under a Flowery Branch home’s back deck ran from three traffic stops in the Gainesville/Hall County area before being captured.

Man now charged with home invasion following standoff in northwest Hall Hall County sheriffs deputies gather on Underwood Drive in Northwest Hall County Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, after a reported gunman barricaded inside a home on the drive. Five hours after sheriffs deputies responded, the man surrendered peacefully, authorities say. No one was injured in the incident. - photo by Scott Rogers A Gainesville man who allegedly barri...

The fire during a nearly five-hour standoff in northwest Hall last week was caused by a Hall County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team device, according to authorities.