Local/State News

A Downtown Showdown and Bakeoff is planned in Dawsonville Sept. 19.

A second defendant went on trial Friday morning in Hall County Superior Court in a 2013 case involving charges of armed robbery and aggravated assault, one day after a co-defendant was convicted on two of the seven counts facing him.

A 3-year-old boy who was abducted Thursday night at a Gainesville park has been located by authorities. Investigator's believe his mother's boyfriend is the suspect.

A driver was injured when her vehicle collided with a Habersham County School bus near Cornelia Friday morning.

Harrison Caston, a senior at Johnson High School, received top honors at the recent 2015 Print Excellence Awards in Atlanta.

A group that advocates the separation of church and government has called on the presidents of UGA and Georgia Tech to abolish the position of football team chaplain.

Creating a strong first-impression is an invaluable marketing strategy for any small town. Flowery Branch is aware of that fact and Thursday night the City Council decided to make an investment in that direction.

The afternoon commute ran into a roadblock in Hall County on Thursday in the form of a water main break.

As we reported earlier this week, Georgia U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson and the Senate Committee of Veterans' Affairs are scheduled to hold an oversight field hearing Friday at the University of North Georgia in Oakwood.

Earth just keeps getting hotter. July was the planet's warmest month on record, smashing old marks, U.S. weather officials said Thursday.