Ken Stanford

A Hall County native who was living in Jackson County has died as the result of a traffic accident and a separate crash has fatally injured a Lumpkin County infant.

Lumpkin County Commissioners have voted to build a new courthouse on land now occupied by little league ballfields.

The number of fires is Hall County so far this year is running well ahead of a year ago.

Two junior golfers from Gainesville and Cumming have advanced to the Mutual of Omaha Drive, Chip & Putt Regional Championships.

For the second time in as many months, there's word of a multi-million dollar federal grant for a Gainesville-based HeadStart program.

Hoping to reduce the number of accidents and bottlenecks at intersections, the state Department of Transportation is placing special striping along Georgia 400 and Georgia 365.

A rezoning request for 518 acres in East Hall is on the Hall County Planing Commission agenda next week - as are rezoning requests involving new homes and a funeral home.

Local governments are advised to brace for another shortfall in state road money this summer.

Record high temperatures were recorded in parts of northeast Georgia Sunday, including Gainesville.

A week-long trial ended Friday with a Gainesville man found guilty of a number of charges in a brutal attack on his fiancee.