Ken Stanford

It appears northeast Georgia made it through the New Year's holiday weeked without a traffic fatality - just as it did Christmas weekend.

A new year means its time of local governmental bodies in Gainesville and Hall County to reorganize themselves - and at least two will do so the first week of 2005.

A Hall County judge has been selected to receive the 6th Annual Justice Benham Community Service Award.

A Gainesville woman who died Thursday is described by family members as "a tireless supporter" of the community.

Jackson County Manager Al Crace - a former Gainesville city manager - has resigned his post in order to start his own private consulting company.

A new report says the number of Hispanic voters registered in Hall County jumped more than 56 percent in the first eleven months of the year.

A former college classmate of the Buford man suspected of killing his wife earlier this month now says he lied to police 14 years ago when he was questioned in connection with the death of his buddy's then-girlfriend, Dorothy Hearn.

The Pendergrass police officer who was killed during a shootout Wednesday night on U.S. 129/Georgia 11 is remembered fondly by the department.

Hall County Sheriff Steve Cronic has been sworn in for a second four-year term.

New York has its "big ball drop" and Atlanta the "peach drop" to ring in the new year each year - and now Cornelia is getting in on the act.