Ken Stanford

As the state works to close a $2.2 billion budget hole it's slashing some $18.9 million from Meals on Wheels, adult day care, in-home respite programs and other initiatives which advocates for the elderly say help senior citizens stay in their homes rather than enter costly nursing homes.

Smiles and laughter filled St. Paul United Methodist Church as friends, family and former employees of Citizens Bank reminisced on the good old days, Saturday afternoon.

Beth Morris, Gainesville Parks and Recreation longtime Youth Athletic Program Manager, was inducted into the Appling County Athletic Hall of Fame this week by the Baxley Appling County Chamber of Commerce.

Gainesville-based New Leaf Landscape Services has received an Award of Distinction from the Metropolitan Atlanta Landscape and Turf Association at its 2008 Professional Landscape Awards banquet.

An illegal immigrant who has sought sanctuary in a Chicago church to avoid deportation for the past year says she'll keep calling for immigration reform.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents raided the wrong duplex while looking for a drug suspect in Buford.

Peanuts exported by Peanut Corp. of America were found to be contaminated and returned to the U.S. weeks before the earliest signs of a national salmonella outbreak.

The South Hall Business Council was briefed Thursday morning on how crucial it is for the March 17 SPLOST referendum to pass - not only to the South Hall area but the county as a whole.

The number of people receiving unemployment benefits has reached an all-time record, the government said Thursday, as layoffs spread throughout the economy.

The unemployment rate in metro Gainesville has hit seven percent.