Local/State News

Hall County's administrative offices, courts, community centers and libraries will be closed Monday, Sept. 5 for Labor Day.

​A two-hour ordeal beginning with an assault ended with the suspect in custody following about a two-hour manhunt Sunday evening in Oakwood.

The Georgia Department of Transportation confirms the death of one person in a traffic accident on I-85 in north Gwinnett County at the start of the Monday morning rush hour.

The Splash Park at Sugar Hill is slated to open Thursday, officials said.

Gas prices are on the rise as Americans prepare for a Labor Day road trip, according to the latest fuel price report from AAA.

The Gainesville City School System will show its support for its students and families who face the challenges that come with living with cancer as each of its schools participate in a coin drive through COINS4CURE.com.

Piedmont College students, faculty, staff, and friends gathered in the Chapel at the Demorest campus last week for a Convocation service to welcome a record freshman class and a new campus minister.

Georgia law enforcement officers have joined the national effort "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign to keep drunk drivers off the road prior to and during Labor Day weekend.

Megan Andres, a junior at the University of North Georgia, has been selected for the National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program, marking the third year in a row that a UNG biology student has been chosen.

A recent donation will allow Northeast Georgia History Center to begin offering live-to-classroom broadcasts and other content next month for social studies and history classes in northeast Georgia.