Ken Stanford

A former Gainesville woman was in England last week when a suicide bomber struck a concert hall, killing 22 and wounding scores of others.

Five Georgia schools have been identified as the 2017 winners of the Georgia Family-Friendly Partnership School Award.

Friends of the Braselton-West Jackson Library and the library staff are hosting a nationally acclaimed author, Lisa Wingate, at its annual membership drive reception.

A desire to help the residents of the Gatlinburg area in the aftermath of the November 2016 wildfires prompted members of the Tallulah Falls School varsity track and field team to "make change."

Tanger Outlet Center in Commerce is sponsoring a Job Fair Week next week for retail opportunities as merchants gear up for the summer season.

Authorities confirmed Saturday morning that the fatal accident in Dawson County Friday afternoon occurred during the chase of a motorcyclist by a state trooper.

The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement recently announced that Martin Technology Academy of Math and Science is one of the Fiscal Year 2017 Innovation Fund tiny grant award winners.

The population of Gainesville reached 40,000 as of July 1 last year, according to estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

​Single lane closures on Dawsonville Highway will be in place from 7:00 tonight until 6:00 tomorrow morning.

The Hall County Board of Education plans to increase the property taxes it will levy this year by 2.33 percent over the rollback millage rate - and has scheduled three public hearings next month on the proposal.