Ken Stanford

Retired Gainesville businessman Bob Adams died Thursday at his home following an extended illness.

Hurricane Earl sideswiped North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday, flooding the vacation islands but causing no injuries and only modest damage, then took aim at New England as a weaker but still dangerous storm.

When Hall County offices close Friday afternoon for the weekend, they won't re-open until Wednesday morning.

You may find it hard to get a campground or picnic spot around Lake Lanier for one final summer fling this holiday weekend.

The Arts Council, Gainesville State College and South Arts are bringing the 2010-2011 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers to Gainesville.

The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people looking for work.

Some smoke from a piece of equipment at Enota school yesterday led to a brief evacuation of the school.

A player in a Davis Middle School football game was taken the hospital Thursday night.

The number of arrests now made in that government housng fraud crackdown is 65 and authorities are still looking for another 16 people.

Repairs are about to begin to one entrance to the Hall County parking deck, limiting access to the deck for about five days.