Ken Stanford

Funeral services for the Gainesville High School student killed Tuesday in a car accident on Clarks Bridge Road will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Grace Episcopal Church.

An 18-year-old from Murrayville has been arrested in connection with an explosion that left a younger teen injured late Tuesday night.

Hall County offices will be closed starting Thursday and continuing through Monday for a mandated furlough day and the Christmas holidays.

The Habersham County Sheriff

Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell is asking for the public

The City of Cornelia on Sunday closed a business in Town Centre on Main Street.

The Money Tree Inc., a Georgia-based provider of small consumer loans, which has several branches in northeast Georgia, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Gov. Nathan Deal has appointed Michael Boggs to the state Court of Appeals. Boggs fills the vacancy created by the retirement of J.D. Smith of Gainesville.

The slugfest between Republican presidential frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich is escalating, with two sparred from a distance over attack ads that have come to dominate the volatile contest.

One White County man can expand his holiday shopping plans since winning a prize from the Georgia Lottery.