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Georgia Department of Transportation crews will be working on Roy Parks Road in the Talmo area next week, prompting some traffic delays in the area.

While the main public health focus continues to be COVID-19, public health officials in North Georgia are reminding parents that their children need required school vaccinations before they go back to class.

A community clean-up event in Gainesville was so successful last year, the Latinos Conservative Organization has planned another day of sprucing up the city for Saturday, July 11.

Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $1.99 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, according to the weekly fuel price report from AAA-The Auto Club South.

As Piedmont College prepares to become Piedmont University, the institution is working on a new building for its Athens campus.

After serving four years as the Senior Pastor of Gainesville First United Methodist Church, Rev. Scott Hearn has a new assignment.

In an effort to alleviate Fourth of July holiday traffic congestion, the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will suspend construction-related lane closures on interstate highways starting Thursday, July 2.

With coronavirus cases on the rise in Georgia in recent weeks, Gov. Brian Kemp has signed two executive orders extending the Public Health State of Emergency and existing COVID-19 safety measures.

With a $2.6 million personal gift from Douglas and Kay Ivester, the department of psychology at Brenau University in Gainesville has become a school in the Ivester College of Health Services.

It's been a while since Georgians have paid $2 a gallon for gasoline, but that's the average price per gallon for the 4th of July travel week.