Georgia News

A Dacula woman has filed a lawsuit against Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, its urgent care facility and Dr. Minkaila Sesay for medical malpractice related to a case of flesh-eating bacteria.

A local lawyer, Ashley Bell of Gainesville, has been named a senior strategist and the national director of African American political engagement by the Republican National Committee, officials announced Tuesday afternoon

The Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO) policy committee has officially approved its opposition to a potential merger into the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC).

Forsyth County Sheriff's Deputies are looking for the rightful owner of an urn found by some swimmers in Lake Lanier.

Authorities continued their search Monday for a missing Florida man who fell off a pontoon boat Saturday.

Several school clusters in the northern portion of Gwinnett County will look a bit different as students return to school, with new district lines affecting schools in the Lanier, Mill Creek and Mountain View clusters.

The Guest Lodge Gainesville has commissioned a mural to be painted on one of its walls facing Queen City Parkway. The mural will feature images of Lake Lanier, the North Georgia Mountains and the 1996 Summer Olympics among others.

A new 2.8 mile stretch of the Big Creek Greenway is officially open in Forsyth County, and officials said it extends the trail to an estimated 9.6 miles total.

The moving process continues for the Hall County Sheriff's Office as the department moves into its new headquarters on Browns Bridge Road.

Officials broke ground Wednesday on an extension to the express lanes on I-85 in North Gwinnett, a project that will bring express lanes to an additional 10 miles of the interstate.