Ken Stanford

More than 120 runners, spectators and supporters gathered at the Brenau University Amphitheatre on Saturday morning for the inaugural Dempsey Dash 5K, celebrating the memory of the university’s longtime Executive Vice President and CFO Wayne Dempsey, who died May 2, 2014.

Gateway Domestic Violence Center will hold its biggest yearly fundraiser this year on March 24.

Area educators and education students are invited to attend a one-day conference Saturday, March 25, at Piedmont College in Demorest that will focus on timely issues and trends in education.

Malia Bolt of Purple House Gallery in Gainesville was recenlty named the 2017 Design Star at Larson-Juhl’s Design Star: Framing Edition competition.

Led by Dalton, Rome and Gainesville, first-time claims for unemployment insurance in Georgia were up 52.7 percent in January.

A student from Tadmore Elementary School has advanced to the State Social Studies Fair April 22 at Clayton College.

A man who sued the owner of a Toccoa nursing home over the alleged wrongful death of his wife will have to take his case to arbitration before he can take it to court.

Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia announces that H. Cooper Embry has joined the bank as Senior Vice President in Commercial Banking.

The Gainesville Board of Education will begin interviewing applicants for the soon-to-be vacant superintendent's post Saturday.

Gainesville is being threatened with the loss of federal transportation funding because of the color scheme used for the newly-erected street sign honoring Gainesville High School graduate DeShaun Watson.