Ken Stanford

The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia’s Board of Directors has seven new members effective July 1.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Cancer Services has earned Three-Year Accreditation with Gold-Level Commendation – the highest level of accreditation possible – from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

A 50-year-old Habersham County woman has been sentenced to life in prison for robbing and killing her former boyfriend in the driveway of his home in the North Carolina mountains.

The Judicial Nominating Commission has submitted recommendations to fill judgeship vacancies in the Superior Courts of the Dougherty, Enotah, Northern, Ocmulgee, and Ogeechee Judicial Circuits.

The Hall County Planning Commission is scheduled to hear plans for 235 new homes in North Hall when it meets July 16.

Billy Rogers, a longtime Gainesville attorney and civic leader, died Wednesday following an extended illness.

A memorial service will be held Tuesday. July 10th for Ray Burch, a Gainesville man well-known in local and state poultry circles.

Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Gregory Dozier has announced the assignment of Carmon Edwards to Deputy Warden of Administration at Lee Arrendale State Prison in Alto, effective July 1.

Searching for late Pleistocene-aged fossils by digging holes adjacent a water canal near the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick may not appeal to some college students, but it did for University of North Georgia faculty members David and Jessica Patterson, nine undergraduates, and a former student.