Ken Stanford

The first of four hearings this week, on a plan to expand Gainesville's public transportation system, is scheduled Tuesday.

A suicide bomber killed 30 people outside a bank near Pakistan's capital Monday, as the U.N. said spreading violence had forced it to pull out some expatriate staff and suspend long-term development work in areas along the Afghan border.

Lender CIT Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, in an effort to restructure its debt while trying to keep loans flowing to the thousands of mid-sized and small businesses.

Early voting was light for Tuesday's elections in Gainesville and two towns in the South Hall area.

Early voting was light for Tuesday's elections in Gainesville and two towns in the South Hall area.

The man who owned and operated the first countywide fire department in Hall County - the forerunner to today's Hall County Fire Department - has died.

A ceremony in South Hall Thursday marked the opening of Hall County's third Born Learning Trail - this one at the Spout Springs Library.

Former longtime East Hall band director Mercer Crook is recovering in an Atlanta hospital after being injured in a wreck earlier this week.

Consumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months, reflecting the end of the government's Cash for Clunkers auto sales program. Incomes, the fuel for future spending, were flat.

Trick-or-treaters will be taking over downtown in Gainesville and Jefferson today.