Local/State News

Donors to certain rural hospitals can receive a tax break under a new Georgia law.

Teachers with the Gainesville and Forsyth County school systems are among the ten finalists for Georgia's 2017 Teacher of the Year.

An occupant of a home on Pleasant View Circle was evaluated for smoke inhalation by first responders Tuesday morning in the wake of a house fire.

In a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with AccessWDUN on Saturday, U.S. Rep. Collins, R-Gainesville, discussed his vote on the omnibus spending bill, former Speaker of the House John Boehner, immigration, guns, religious liberty bills, the tristate water wars, North Korea and Donald Trump.

Hall County public school teachers may not see as big of a pay raise in the coming school year as they had hoped.

Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He pressed European allies to match the U.S. with new contributions of their own.

Overcrowded conditions at the Hall County Courthouse are only going to get worse as the area grows according to Hall County Commission Chairman Dick Mecum and something needs to be done soon.

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office has issued a "Be On the Look Out" (BOLO) for a man they say robbed a Hoschton bank Monday afternoon.

A Commerce woman was arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing money from her elderly mother-in-law.

Fire destroyed a home built in the 1880s south of Cleveland Monday afternoon.