Ken Stanford

The Georgia House has adopted an $18.3 billion fiscal year 2012 budget that pours additional state dollars into tax investigators, Medicaid and domestic violence shelters.

Ten Gainesville-Hall County educators were honored Tuesday as "Masters in Teaching."

A Nazi swastika and a Star of David were left by vandals on a Dyer Street sidewalk recently and Gainesville police are hoping you can help them locate the culprits.

One person was injured in a wreck at a downtown Gainesville intersection Tuesday morning that slowed rush-hour traffic for about an hour.

A federal appeals court on Monday refused to lift a stay blocking major parts of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect and said the federal government is likely to be able to prove the controversial law is unconstitutional.

The storms that moved across north Georgia during the night are moving out of the state but are leaving behind downed trees in some places.

The funeral for an 11-year-old Johns Creek boy who died last week in a skiing accident will be held Wednesday.

The Oakwood City Council Monday night gave final approval to an alcohloic beverage amendment that reduces the minimum requirement for seating in restaurants from 55 to 35.

A bill designed to crack down on illegal immigration in Georgia that the Senate approved Monday includes some provisions similar to those in a tough law enacted last year in Arizona.

The Gainesville City School System (GCSS) again has a site on Mundy Mill Road near Oakwood for a future school.