Ken Stanford

The Flowery Branch City Council will consider scheduling a special city council election when it meets Thursday night.

Georgia's 9th District congressman says the recent deaths of migrant children trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico are "tragedies, (a) loss of innocent life,“ but the by-product of laws that reward choices that endanger people.

All roads in Hall County have reopened following heavy rain and subsequent flooding Friday.

South State Bank has donated $10,000 to support foster children and families in need in Towns and Union counties.

Twenty-nine providers at Northeast Georgia Physicians Group have received national recognition for their work.

A special city council election will be held in Lula in March and qualifying for the race will open January 7.

The Sears store in Gainesville, which has survived one round of company store closings after another in recent years, will close by the end of March, according to company officials.

Just as the water subsided and Hall County authorities were able to re-open Jim Hood Road, they had to close Cagle Mill and Belton Bridge roads because of flooding.