Local/State News

A family of four is without a place to live after fire destroyed their home on Westbrook Street in Buford Sunday afternoon.

Gas prices are declining with the approach of the most traveled Independence Day holiday weekend since 2007.

Louisiana's new cap on film tax credits could send more movie business to Georgia and Mississippi, says the Mississippi Film Office's Gulf Coast project manager.

A Sunday morning fire at a Cleveland Apartment complex results in five units being damaged.

A Gainesville man was arrested last week on drug charges for the second time this month.

EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Chapter 611 will host the 46th Annual Cracker Fly-In July 11th at Gainesville's Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport. It will begin at 7:00 and continue until 3:00.

The Hall County Fire Department is investigating an early Sunday morning fire that swept through a building on the south side of Gainesville.

The search for a new director of the Hall County Library System apparently is nearing an end.

The principal at West Hall High School, Scott Justus, has been reappointed to the state Professional Standards Commission.

Students walking to Cornelia Elementary School will have a safer trip this fall.