Local/State News

Investigators are using surveillance video to try identifying teens that were part of a group that ransacked a middle Georgia Wal-Mart early Sunday morning, causing an estimated $2,000 in damage, Macon-Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said.

Hall County Finance Director Vickie Neikirk has resigned.

Braselton’s environmental specialist, Yvette Wise, nicknamed the “environmental hero” Braselton Library staff presented a program for 56 library patrons in the Braselton Park recently.

A 7-year-old Hall County boy was seriously injured when he apparently darted in front of a car after getting a treat from an ice cream truck.

The president of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro has been named the sole finalist to lead Georgia Regents University in Augusta.

Gas prices and hotel stays are getting pricier under a new transportation funding law that takes effect Wednesday.

An exhibition of black-and-white photographs by Lee Anne Romberg White will be on display upstairs at the Gainesville Branch of the Hall County Regional Library during July and August.

When the U.S. military needs an assortment of mechanical tools and supplies, put together in kit-form, for specialized jobs being done around the world by our armed forces, it has repeatedly turned to Kipper Tools in Gainesville to meet the need.

The mayor of the Atlanta suburb of Johns Creek will serve as president of the Georgia Municipal Association.

Tomorrow brings with it a new year for state government, and dozens of laws that go into effect for the first time.