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The Cornelia City Commission has tabled a proposed agreement with the U.S. Forest Service for the city to maintain Chenocetah Tower and the surrounding grounds.

Private investment momentum is beginning to build for redevelopment of Gainesville’s midtown area, an area long in need of revival.

With the growth of the labor force and an increase in new layoffs, regional and area unemployment rates increased in Georgia for the month of January.

A lifelong Banks County resident who wants to invest $1.2 million in a poultry farm expansion is asking the county for help, but that assistance would not be inexpensive, officials say.

​It appears avian influenza or bird flu has popped up in as many as three north Alabama counties.

Banks County Commission Chairman Jimmy Hooper didn't hold back when he scolded the managing partner of and the attorney for Longhorn at Banks Crossing for a recent underage alcohol sale.

White County funeral director Ricky Barrett of Barrett Funeral Home says his home phone number has been spoofed and scammers are using the number to call people trying to sell them insurance in a scamming effort. 

White County Coroner Ricky Barrett says it was a simple request for additional funds to speed up certain autopsy cases in the county that has resulted in what he calls unfounded social media bashing of his office.

Aesthetic improvements are coming to downtown Lula, making the area more user-friendly for evening use.

The peach trees at Jaemor Farms off Georgia 365 in East Hall County are almost fully in bloom - right at 90-percent, according to owner Drew Echols. That could be a problem if sub-freezing temperatures arrive as predicted later this week.