Ken Stanford

Local angler David Nichol of Gainesville, Ga., took the Day 1 lead on Thursday in the fifth and final event of the 2006 CITGO Bassmaster Southern Tour on Lake Lanier.

The old is making way for the new at Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

The driver of a tractor-trailer involved in a fatal accident in Toccoa earlier this week was dead before the crash.

People in Suwanee now have a way to sound off - pro and con - about city services 24 hours a day.

A memorial service is scheduled Sunday for the retired longtime leader of the Gainesville-based Chattahoochee Baptist Association.

The future of a 179-acre tract in south Gainesville seems more certain following a city council vote, as do plans sidewalks near Smoky Springs retirement community in north Gainesville.

Both outdoor fires and water use have been banned in Habersham County in recent weeks, but no more.

A free health fair in Gainesville later this month will include everything from dental exams to HIV testing.

A teacher at North Hall High School has been chosen for a National Future Farmers of America (FAA) award.

Only two boating-under-the-influence cases were made on Lake Lanier during what was described as an unusually quiet summer holiday weekend.