Local/State News

Alto Mayor Jack King has resigned.

In a short first of the year meeting, FLowery Branch got two new council members and rezoned 60 more acres.

Hall County Sheriffs Deputies are looking for two men who they say robbed and assualted a Gainesville cab driver at gunpoint Wednesday morning.

Hall County authorities Tuesday afternoon were using search dogs from Lee Arrendale Prison to look for a man who escaped arrest in the area of Fullenwider Road at Candler Road.

Even with concerns from Fire Chief Dick Taylor, the Gainesville Planning commissioners voted to approve an amendment to a proposed development by Land Sellutions.

The FAA has proposed a fine for the Gainesville man who ran down an up-escalator at Atlanta's airport, leading officials to ground flights and evacuate up to 10,000 people.

About a thousand gallons of wastewater leaked into Gainesville's Longwood Park Creek after heavy rain "washed out" a sewer line Sunday.

Local, state, and national water experts are expected to gather in Cumming January 18 for a roundtable discussion sponsored by Georgia Representative John Linder.

Disclosure reports filed Tuesday show Mike Beatty of Jefferson had raised about $162,500 for his run at lieutenant governor.

Nearly 12 years after his last announced retirement, Gainesville City Manager Carlyle Cox is planning his second retirement.