Several Lake Lanier parks have reopened ahead of the Fourth of July after being closed since May due to staffing and funding issues. Forsyth and Hall counties are helping manage the parks through new ...

The body recovered Friday from Lake Lanier has been identified as missing kayaker Dustin Valencia, a father of five from Cumming. Valencia disappeared May 14 after failing to pick up his children; his ...

Lake Lanier is a man made body of water with a deep history in the Deep South. The lake located in north Georgia is only 60 miles from Atlanta, the city that has been known as the Black Mecca of the ...

After years of fatalities and bizarre incidents, the Georgia reservoir has spawned countless ghost stories. Are they merely legend or the after-effects of a history steeped in racial trauma? Kile ...

For decades, it has been rumored that Lake Lanier is haunted by the dead Black residents of a town called Oscarville that was supposedly flooded when the lake was being developed in 1955. The story ...

LAKE LANIER, GA — Authorities have recovered the body of a 27-year-old Atlanta man who went missing Saturday evening while boating on Lake Lanier. Ramon Diaz-Soria was out on the lake with friends ...

ATLANTA — If you live in Atlanta, you inevitably hear stories about the frightening waters of Lake Lanier. Now, a new docuseries aims to explore its murky past and tell the stories of those who nearly ...

The Lake Lanier Association is warning those who venture into the lake about potentially harmful algal blooms, which can produce toxins that make people and animals sick. The nonprofit association ...

ATLANTA — Georgia U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are demanding the Trump administration reopen parks along Lake Lanier that are said to have closed over budget cuts. The U.S. Army Corps of ...

Locals are in an uproar over plans to build a “waterslide coaster” at Georgia’s Lake Lanier – which is infamous for its troubling past. The ride will be part of the new Fins Up Water Park at ...

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