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Carol Martin didn’t grow up wanting a career in law enforcement. A teacher, maybe. Or an accountant. But not a police officer. And certainly not a police chief.

Opioid overdose has supplanted car crashes on the list of causes-of-death according to the National Safety Council.

The annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday got underway in Gainesville Monday morning at St. John Baptist Church. Approximately 300-people filled the sanctuary to watch musical dramatizations and hear testimonials honoring the legacy of the slain civil rights leader.

For the second year, Gainesville residents congregated downtown Saturday for the Women’s March, a nationwide movement for the empowerment of women.

Gainesville residents told the city’s Parks and Recreation Department at Thursday’s public input meeting they want to see more biking trails, greenspace and connectivity in the city.

It’s the heart of winter, trees are leafless, frost coats the windshields of the few cars parked near Legacy Lodge; warmer weather and the excitement it brings to Lake Lanier Islands seem so distant.

An investigation continues into a deadly shooting at a dermatology office in Gainesville.

Nathan Deal leaves office for the last time in a couple of weeks, ending a nearly four-decade career in the public eye as a Georgia state senator, a United States congressman and, finally, the 82nd governor of Georgia. But if he’s bittersweet about the end nearing, he doesn’t show it

Heath Migliore owns his own tattoo studio, but during the Christmas season, his artwork adorns the windows of dozens of local businesses.

The large, steel chicken atop Main Street Gainesville on the downtown Gainesville Square was illuminated Thursday night, signifying the start of the Gainesville's holiday season and the finale of Jingle Mingle.