Local/State News

The "Lip Sync Challenge" has taken social media by storm, featuring law enforcement offices around the country lip syncing to a popular song, often with a choreographed dance moves and thematic plots.

Come September, the Hall County Library System will add Saturday hours for the two northern branches of the library system.

Following a public hearing Monday night, the Oakwood City Council approved a variance request by the Robson Crossing Chick-fil-A for an awning at the fast food restaurant's drive-thru.

Former University of Tennessee and Gainesville High standout linebacker A.J. Johnson is getting a shot in the NFL with the Denver Broncos less than a month after he was acquitted along with a college teammate of aggravated rape charges.

Lula City Councilman Vince Evans has resigned, effective immediately.

A Flowery Branch man said he was startled Saturday night when he found a bear in his yard.

Hall County School Superintendent Will Schofield sat down after Monday evening’s school board work session and looked back with satisfaction at the district’s first week of classes.

James Robert "Robbie" Hamrick spent over 5 decades serving the public in his law enforcement career.

An attorney for a former teacher in Lumpkin County plans to be in court Tuesday, asking to have battery charges dropped against his client.

While an investigation continues, it appears there was nothing criminal about an incident that that happened as some children got off a school bus in Nicholson last week.