Local/State News

Forsyth County led the way in Georgia in the 1990s in the number of families with children, according to new figures from the Census Bureau.

Gainesville Public Works Director Chuck Langley said the city cannot wait any longer in solving stormwater runoff and erosion issues around the Lee Gilmer Airport and Industrial Park South area.

GB&T Bancshares, Inc. named new officers at its annual shareholders' meeting on May 20.

Wayne Bell's weekend getaway to a state park may be just what a $1 million advertising campaign was designed to inspire.

An Atlanta Journal-Constitution report says the Army Corps of Engineers sent a letter dated April 15 to Gov. Roy Barnes denying metro Atlanta's request to pull more water out of Lake Lanier and the Chattahoochee River.

High school graduation continued in Hall County Sunday with commencement at Riverside Military Academy (RMA).

Six lawsuits have been filed against the sheriff's office in northeast Georgia's Habersham County, alleging that officers routinely conduct strip searches of people who are now jailed.

One person has been seriously injured in a holiday weekend traffic accident in Banks County.

Immediate family members of state Department of Transportation Board Chairman William G. Hasty own property near the potential intersection of Interstate 575 and one proposed route of the Northern Arc.

An early morning incident in the Big Lots Shopping center on Pearl Nix Parkway Saturday morning had Georgia Power crews repairing a power pole and lines.