Local/State News

An Alto man was injured Thursday when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed near Unicoi Gap on Highway 75 north of Helen

A Mt. Airy couple was behind bars Friday, facing charges they stole cash from the gas station the wife worked at in Clarkesville.

A Gainesville woman is charged with prostitution stemming from her arrest Thursday on West Ridge Road in Gainesville.

Members of two of Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation’s (Sawnee EMC) districts have elected new directors to represent them on the Cooperative’s Board of Directors.

When Georgia students took a new test based on Common Core standards last year, their rate of proficiency in English language arts and math was below 40 percent in each grade level, according to results released Thursday.

Flowery Branch City Council is one step closer to amending the city's solicitation ordinance to prohibit urban camping and aggressive panhandling in city limits.

Authorities have suspended a search for the body of a college student who went missing almost 8 years ago.

Two Gainesville residents involved in a domestic dispute were arrested Thursday afternoon after they abandoned their baby on the side of a Rabbittown road.

The Quinlan Visual Arts Center's most popular tradition, the annual Members' Exhibition, is scheduled this year from Oct. 22-Dec. 10.