Local/State News

A Gainesville man and a Suwanee man have been named to state commissions by Gov. Nathan Deal.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying and locating two men who robbed a Carnesville convenience store and shot an individual early Saturday.

The federal government will invest almost $2.4 million in four multi-year projects in Georgia, including two in northeast Georgia, that aim to build infrastructure while conserving natural resources.

If you've got gently used children's costumes laying around, you can donate them to help less fortunate kids to enjoy the upcoming Halloween holiday.

Thanks to a $415,000 federal grant, Barrow County Emergency Services added a number of rescue tools to its arsenal recently, which officials say will greatly enhance the ability to quickly and effectively remove patients from mangled vehicles.

The Georgia State Patrol has released details of a serious-injury wreck in the Gumlog community of Stephens County that left one person hurt Saturday afternoon.

In conjunction with National Preparedness Month and the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Irma, the Hall County Board of Commissioners is set to consider a host of improvements and repairs to the county's 23 weather sirens at its meeting next week.

The Alzheimer's Association, Georgia Chapter is hosting the first Community Educator Training in Gainesville October 11 at 10:00 at Gardens of Gainesville.

The city's downtown parking deck will close Monday as planned, according to a spokeswoman for the City of Gainesville.

If everything stays on schedule, Sugar Hill's new E-Center, a 30,000 square-foot restaurant, retail and office space, should be completed by mid-October, local officials say.