Ken Stanford

A motorcyclist escaped serious injury last night when a car turned in front of his bike near Oakwood.

The 20th annual Gainesville-Hall County Alliance for Literacy Spelling Bee was won by the team representing Lanier Tech Tuesday night.

The Gainesville Kiwanis Club recognized Mary Ellen Murray with its 2011 Youth Service Award Tuesday night.

Gainesville Mayor Ruth Bruner was "arrested" Tuesday at Longstreet Caf

Overgrown and dilapidated properties - many of them in foreclosure - continue to be a problem nationwide... and the cities in Hall County, where there's a growing concern about them, are no exception.

A Barrow County man has been sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to shooting and killing one family member and wounding two others last summer.

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday that raising fares should allow it to make up for the higher fuel prices that drove a $318 million loss in the first quarter.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Tuesday the preliminary unadjusted unemployment rate in the metro Gainesville area decreased to 8.5 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 8.9 percent in February.

Relentless, driving rain is pounding southern Missouri, leaving levees ready to burst and sending residents to higher ground - and the rain isn't expected to stop for days. Meanwhile, strong storms killed at least five people in Arkansas Monday.

The Hall County Board of Education Monday night discussed the budget challenges the school system faces for the 2012 budget year.