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08/16/2025

A Woodstock resident who was swimming at Lake Chatuge Saturday morning drowned according to officials.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reports that at 4 a.m. Saturday, Georgia Game Wardens responded to a possible drowning at Lake Chatuge in Towns County.

Initial reports indicated that 25-year-old Brek Lewis Green had been in a cove with a friend when they swam to their dock to go inside.

Officials report that the friend briefly went inside, and when they returned Green was missing.

Officials found his body in the water at around 12 p.m. Saturday, and Green was turned over to the Towns County Coroner.

A Woodstock resident who was swimming at Lake Chatuge Saturday morning drowned according to officials

08/16/2025

A Texas woman has been sentenced to prison time for scamming an elderly Buford couple out of tens of thousands of dollars.

The Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office said 26-year-old Aundrey Michelle Townsend pleaded guilty to theft and elder abuse for scamming the couple out of nearly $50,000 in early 2024.

Townsend reportedly sent text messages to the couple posing as Chase Bank, who the couple banked with. She then had them transfer the funds to an account she controlled.

Townsend has been sentenced to 20 years, with five to serve in prison.

A Texas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for taking tens of thousands of dollars from an elderly Buford couple in a banking scam.

08/16/2025

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office has issued a "Be On The Lookout" for a 15-year-old teen who is believed to have run away.

Alwyn Lomas is described as being 6-feet-tall and weighing 120-pounds with brown hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing black shorts and a black shirt.

Lomas was last seen at the Chestatee High School football game Friday night, where a family member who went to pick him up after the game reported that he never showed up for his ride.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lomas should contact the sheriff's office.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Be On The Lookout for 15-year-old Alwyn Lomas who is believed to have run away.

08/16/2025

Heavy rains fell across Northeast Georgia on Friday evening, with the city of Cleveland reporting flooding and some damage as a result.

Bryce Barrett with White County Public Safety said the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 6:30 p.m. Friday, as more than three inches of rain fell in the span of a few hours. Emergency crews had already responded to the southern side of the city of Cleveland minutes before that.

Cleveland City Administrator Kevin Harris said the heaviest flooding was in the area of S. Main Street (U.S. 129).

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Heavy rains fell across Northeast Georgia on Friday evening, with the city of Cleveland reporting flooding and some damage as a result.

08/15/2025

A student has been arrested and will face charges after allegedly bringing a gun to a southern Gwinnett County school and firing it into a toilet.

According to Gwinnett County Public Schools’ (GCPS’) Director of Community and Media Relations Bernard Watson, the incident happened early Thursday morning before school started at Meadowcreek Elementary School.

Officials said no one was in the bathroom and no one got hurt.

A student has been arrested and will face charges after allegedly bringing a gun to southern Gwinnett County school and firing it into a toilet.

08/15/2025

The Gwinnett County Police Department (GCPD) is searching for a missing Lilburn teen last seen in late July.

GCPD says the family of Angel Nairo Jasso, 16, contacted authorities to report him missing on Aug. 1. He was last seen leaving his home on the 1000 block of Tahoe Trail in unincorporated Lilburn on July 25 after a disagreement with his parents.

Anyone with information on Angel’s whereabouts is urged to contact GCPD detectives at (770) 513-5300.

08/15/2025

One person is reportedly injured after a car was hit by a tractor-trailer on Ga. 211 in the Braselton area Friday afternoon.

The Hall County Sheriff's Office said the accident happened shortly after 3:00 p.m. at the intersection of 211 and Union Church Road. No details on how the crash happened have been released, but the sheriff's office said one person was injured and was being taken to a nearby hospital.

One person is reportedly injured after a car was hit by a tractor-trailer on Ga. 211 in the Braselton area Friday afternoon.

08/15/2025

A woman was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in Habersham County early Thursday morning.

The Georgia State Patrol reported that a pedestrian, Tracy Saunders, 58, of Cornelia, was walking north across Level Grove Road in Cornelia at around 6:40 a.m. At the same time, a Toyota Tacoma, driven by Lisa Taylor, 55, of Alto, was traveling west on Level Grove Road.

Preliminary details in the accident revealed the pedestrian had run across the roadway in front of traffic, causing the truck to strike Saunders from the front of the vehicle. GSP said Saunders sustained serious injuries as a result.

No charges were filed against the driver in the case as of last report.

08/15/2025

Authorities in Hall County reported that a driver was left with serious but non life-threatening injuries following a vehicle wreck that destroyed an awning at the Exxon Circle K in Oakwood.

The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said the crash occurred just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday when the driver of a Tesla Model 3 was traveling northbound on Falcon Parkway when he left his travel lane and struck a raised concrete curb at the intersection of Martin Road. The vehicle then vaulted over a drainage ditch and struck a small tree on the property.

The driver was identified as Nicholas Richard Murciano, 29, of Gainesville. Murciano was transported to

The Exxon Circle K on Martin Road at Falcon Parkway in Oakwood had its canopy over its pumps collapse after getting hit with a vehicle.

08/15/2025

There’s been an update in the frozen funds for the senior work-based employment training program.

The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved a bill that included funding for the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP).

The Legacy Link's SCSEP Director Christine Osasu spoke with AccessWDUN about the dire straits many program members find themselves in as the funding is still frozen 45 days later, citing rising reports of homelessness and evictions in the senior community.

The funding will also go to the House Appropriations Committee, which U.S. Rep. for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District Andrew Clyde sits on.

In a statement to AccessWDUN, Clyde said that the American people gave President Trump a "historic" mandate to shrink government, and that he and his colleagues will review the funding as part of the ongoing process.

Read more about the program, its status, and comments from officials at the link below.

There’s been an update in the frozen funds for the senior work-based employment training program. The Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved the FY 2026 Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Bill.

08/15/2025

The Hall County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a resolution to purchase a total of 1.6-acres of property to expand the Hall County Government Center campus on Thursday.

The County will purchase the property located at 2829 Browns Bridge Road and 2802 Florence Dr., Hall County, for $3-million. The purchase is funded by Capital Project Funds.

 The Hall County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a resolution to purchase a total of 1.6 acres of property to expand the Hall County Government Center campus on Thursday. 

08/15/2025

Authorities have released the name of the man who allegedly ran from police in Oakwood on Wednesday.

The Georgia State Patrol identified the suspect as 26-year-old Justin Tyler Tyndall.

Tyndall allegedly led a trooper on a chase along Stephens Road which ended when he hit another vehicle in the intersection of Flat Creek Road.

Tyndall is in the Hall County Jail without bond on charges including fleeing, DUI, and drug possession.

A pursuit in Oakwood led to a crash and an arrest Wednesday afternoon.