Ken Stanford

Two meetings will be held in August to continue the public input process for the review of Forsyth County’s tree ordinance and regulations pertaining to mass grading.

The Starlight Celebration and fireworks event on the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville Campus is turning 20 this year.

Jefferson Police Chief Joseph Wirthman, has been named the 2018-2019 President of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police.

Two members of the Gainesville-based Northeastern Judicial Circuit have been recognized by the District Attorneys' Association of Georgia and the Georgia Association of Solicitors-General which recently announced their picks for the top prosecutors, investigators and victim advocates in Georgia.

Two former University of Tennessee football players, one of them from Gainesville, were acquitted Friday of the aggravated rape charges they had been indicted on nearly 3 ½ years ago.

The Flowery Branch man wanted in connection with the July 2 rape of a juvenile victim was taken into Hall County Sheriff’s Office custody on Thursday.

The Gainesville and Hall County school systems have scheduled open house for the new school year, which begins in a couple of weeks.

Hall County State Court Solicitor Stephanie Woodard has been named to a new term on the State Commission on Family Violence.