Ken Stanford

Five people from Gainesville are on the inauguration executive committee for Gov.-elect Nathan Deal.

A number of northeast Georgia school administrators are pushing an extension of a 1 percent sales tax to pay for school repairs and construction projects.

Two prominent Republicans conceded on Sunday that the best Congress might be able to accomplish in the coming weeks on tax cuts, is a short-term extension of the Bush-era tax rates.

Are you ready for a little Christmas? Then downtown Gainesville Thursday night will be the place to be.

A man with Buford ties who was declared legally dead 16 years ago in Mississippi was arrested Sunday in the kidnapping of a slain Las Vegas girl whose body was found in the woods of central Louisiana, the FBI said.

A police raid targeting illegal alcohol sales took place at house on Brown Street in Gainesville Saturday.

People in South Hall and North Gwinnett now have a new outlet for passports.

The Postal Service said Friday it lost $8.5 billion last year despite deep cuts of more than 100,000 jobs and other reductions in recent years. T

Ribbon-cutting was held Friday for the Duncan Bridge entrance to the Airport Industrial Park in Habersham County.

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to remain in place while a federal appeals court considers the issue.