Ken Stanford

The level of drought-plagued Lake Lanier reached a new all-time low overnight as the Lula City Council votes to fine people who violate outdoor water use restrictions.

Gainesville Schools Superintendent Steve Ballowe told school board members Monday night some financial rearranging in the form of budget cuts will make sure Mundy Mill Academy gets built.

Gina Vesel has been named director of sales for the central division of ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, parent company of Plantation Estates and Tryon Estates in North Carolina, Park Pointe Village in South Carolina and Lanier Village Estates in Gainesville.

Wall Street resumed its slide Monday as investors absorbed a gloomy outlook for the banking sector as well as bleak news about housing.

A Gainesville murder suspect, who faces a possible death sentence if convicted, faces additional charges after a fire in his jail cell.

Three young boys - ages 8 and 9 - are accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl in the woods near a suburban Atlanta apartment complex.

The death toll from Thursday's cyclone in Bangladesh is now more than 3,100, and officials say that number could reach 10,000 once rescuers get to outlying islands.

After a 33-year career with the Habersham County Schools, Superintendent Judy Forbes announced she is retiring.

The Gainesville City Council and Hall County Commission plan to meet next week to again discuss the future of the now-abandoned county jail property in Midtown.

Northeast Georgia Plastic Surgery Associates is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.