Ken Stanford

The public hearing on the Yonah Burger application for a restaurant on Thompson Bridge Road - which has run into into neighborhood opposition - adjacent to Green Street Circle was tabled by the Gainesville City Council Tuesday night.

Confident of major gains, Republicans challenged the Democrats' grip on power in Congress on Tuesday in midterm elections shadowed by recession and stirred by the rebellion of tea party conservatives, and a heavy voter turnout was reported through mid-afternoon across the country.

Homebuilder Bowen Family Homes has shut down, citing what it calls "the market dynamics of the past few years."

There will be something new this time arond when it comes to countng votes in Hall County: election workers will start counting absentee ballots at 4:00 this afternoon, three hours before the polls close.

Almost two weeks after the incident occurred, a Hall County home invasion suspect remains at large and the sheriff's office is appealing the public for help in catching him.

A series of highway checkpoints all across White County over the weekend netted 32 arrests.

A federal appeals court is hearing arguments over Arizona's request to enforce its controversial new immigration law.

The Gainesville School Board heard a plan Monday night which addresses some of the complaints aired about how high school graduation was handled this year.

No one was hurt in a robbery last night at an Oakwood area convenience store.

Jefferson Middle School students Hal Jarrett and Ben Rigsby usually make it to school each day without getting harassed by aliens or zombie hordes, but that doesn't mean life in their hometown wouldn't make a great video game.