Ken Stanford

The funeral for former Hoschton Police Chief Rick Murphy will be held Monday at Lawson Funeral Home Chapel in Hoschton.

A prayer vigil, rallies and marches are planned in Gainesville, Athens and Atlanta Friday and Saturday in connection with President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

The National Weather Service is reporting damage from a possible tornado in central Mississippi as storms sweep across the Deep South.

A group of about 40 people plan to leave Cumming Friday for a bus ride to Washington, DC, to participate in Saturday's Women's March on Washington.

Brenau University is planning to offer new mass communication undergraduate and graduate degree programs and the responsibility for the day-to-day management of the campus radio station is being turned over to the Department of Mass Communication.

Two people from northeast Georgia recently took home a total of $1.3 million in Georgia Lottery winnings.

This past year, the University of North Georgia established a food pantry on its Gainesville Campus to help students, staff and faculty in need - and has now opened a second location.

House Speaker Paul Ryan says Congress and Donald Trump's transition team are trying to come up with a solution for young immigrants brought illegally to the country as kids.

The Gainesville Theatre Alliance is kicking off the new year with two productions next month - one at Brenau University and the other on the Gainesville campus of the University of North Georgia.

When a homeless count is conducted in Gainesville next week, United Way hopes to have at least 200 "care" packages to hand out to some of those who are surveyed.