Hall County Fire Services is on track to get two new pumper trucks at a discount price from a low bidder that has provided fire trucks to the county for years.
Gwinnett County firefighters were called to the scene of a house fire in Lilburn this evening after a lightning strike reportedly caused a fire in the attic.
Authorities have closed a portion of Lenox Drive in Gainesville as a precaution after a culvert collapsed due to the recent stretch of inclement weather.
Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.