Local/State News

Weeks of work has culminated in a Hall County jury pool that now reflects the 17% of the county's population that is Hispanic.

Gainesville Assistant City Manager, Tim Merritt, says residents could be paying for a stormwater utility as early as July, but, there is concern among non-profit groups about the impact the fees will have on them.

A food service employee at Lee Arrendale Prison in Alto is charged with attempting to sell marijuana to inmates.

As a result of a Monday ruling that ejected the 2002 jury list for Gwinnett County, officials have decided to halt all criminal trials and most civil trials.

Sixteen Georgia schools - including Mount Vernon Elementary in Hall County - have been given state awards in excellence.

Gainesville City Schools held the first public hearing on the programs of choice options for Gainesville Middle School Tuesday.

Negotiators representing Georgia, Florida and Alabama said today they have reached an agreement on a water-sharing proposal for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin.

A program that brings meals to homebound and disabled seniors in Gainesville and Hall County has been honored.

Signs will soon be going up around Lake Lanier, designating pipes that discharge wastewater into the lake.

Around 900 students heard motivational speaker Michael Chatman's message about living your dreams Tuesday morning at East Hall Middle School.