Ken Stanford

There were no injuries Thursday night after a car crashed into a utility pole in East Hall.

The Democratic-controlled House went along with Defense Secretary Robert Gates' plans to kill the Marietta-built F-22 fighter jet, but has rejected his efforts to cut off several other big ticket items.

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Starting with the new school year, students who enroll at Brenau Academy by their 10th grade years will be able to graduate with both a high school diploma and enough credits to qualify for a two-year college degree from the Academy’s sister higher education institution.

School doors in the Gainesville area begin opening for another year this week with the specter of the recession hanging over the heads of students, teachers, other staff, administrators, and school boards.

Hoschton police have arrested a home invasion suspect apparently responsible for a number of burglaries in Jackson County.

Any parent or grandparent who needs back to school clothes for their children is invited to Caring Hands Ministries' Kids Clothes Day Friday from 4-7 p.m.

Two state-managed hunting areas in Hall County will be off-limits to hunters during the coming season... and work is beginning on turning one of them into a state park.

The government says the number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits rose last week, though the increase was mostly due to seasonal distortions.