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Groundbreaking was held Friday for a new 109-acres park in Forsyth County.

Cirque Italia, an Italian water circus, is coming to Gainesville to benefit Habitat for Humanity.

The owner of Gainesville-based Southern Baked Pie Company has won the grand prize in the University of Georgia’s 2016 Flavor of Georgia Contest.

Bumble Bee Foods, LLC announced today that it is voluntarily recalling canned Chunk Light tuna due to "process deviations" that occurred in a co-pack facility not owned or operated by Bumble Bee.

The Jackson EMC Foundation board of directors awarded $57,000 in grants during its February meeting, including $42,000 to nonprofit agencies.

Desmond Vaird, a student at Lanier Technical College, was recently named Adult Education Student of the Year for the Technical College System of Georgia.

The Georgia Department of Labor will continue to help Lanier Islands recruit seasonal and permanent workers Saturday. The recruitment, the second in a series of three, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the South Hall resort.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced Thursday that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February was 5.4 percent, unchanged from January.

A production company says it will be filming scenes from a simulated bank robbery, so the public should not be alarmed by fake gunfire and stunt driving near a metro Atlanta mall.

Georgia lawmakers have sent a contentious bill protecting same-sex marriage opponents to Gov. Nathan Deal over the objections of gay-rights advocates and concerns from major companies in the state.