Ken Stanford

The top vote-getter three weeks ago won a runoff for a seat on the Buford school board Tuesday.

A large-scale summit in Atlanta Wednesday will address the gang problem in North Georgia.

The man whose body was found nearly three weeks ago on the southside of Gainesville has been identified.

The Red Cross in Gainesville will spend some time next week teaching youngsters how to respond to emergency situations.

Southern Catholic College, a regional private Catholic college in Dawsonville, which plans to open September 8, has filled two more key positions.

A 24-hour-a-day weekend road resurfacing project is on tap this weekend in Jefferson.

A motorcycle accident has taken the life of a Lumpkin County man.

Gainesville Mayor George Wangemann says the seed for smoke-free public places in town was planted in his mind "10 or 12" years ago when the city adopted the state's first restrictions on indoor smoking.

Plans for a condominium complex west of town go before the Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board next week, where three similar developments already exist.

The embattled Flowery Branch City Council may try again Thursday to adopt a budget for the fiscal year that started July 1.