Local/State News

A simulated disaster was part of a busy Saturday morning on the campus at the University of North Georgia/Oakwood.

Lumpkin County Schools (LCS) and Lanier Technical College (LTC) recently signed a dual enrollment agreement.

The Gainesville City Council is set to take a final vote Tuesday night on the annexation of 115 "islands" - land surrounded by, but not in, the city limits.

About 100 members of the Georgia Army National Guard are back home following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Two motorcyclists from Bethlehem saved the life of a fellow rider over the Memorial Day holiday after learning the proper rescue techniques in an emergency response class.

Doctors who perform drug-induced abortions in Missouri will have to be in the room to administer the initial dose and won't be allowed to do it remotely via teleconferencing, according to a new law set to take effect next month.

The homicide rate for older children and young adults has hit its lowest point in at least three decades, but the decline has been slowing, according to a new government report.

It's summertime and the stock market is sizzling.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab has reduced its backlog of forensic cases by more than 55 percent over the course of eight months.

A Gainesville woman, who says she has been singing all her life, was first runner-up in a new artist contest conducted by the gospel music publication "Singing News." And, she didn't even know she was in the running.