Ken Stanford

The Norton Agency's Native Intelligence Market Watch reports that 300 acres belonging to Toccoa Falls College may be developed into a residential community called Toccoa Falls Estates.

The daily lives of African-American residents in Hall County are recorded in a newly published pictorial history by Linda Hutchens and Ella Jean Smith, both of Gainesville.

Hall County Schools Superintendent Dennis Fordham is not turning cartwheels over the fact that the number of county schools on the state's new "needs improvement" list is down significantly this year.

Gainesville Schools Superintendent Steven Ballowe says the state erred in placing Gainesville Middle School on its latest list of "needs improvement" schools.

A fire that was apparently weather-related caused an estimated $8,000 damage to an old chicken house and its contents in Murrayville Monday night.

The youngest member of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention is from northeast Georgia - and says more people his age need to get involved in politics, specifically with his party.

Ashley Bell of Gainesville, a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, is scheduled to speak to the assemblage Wednesday night.

The Gainesville City Council is scheduled to hear public comment next week on the regulation of smoking in public places.

Flowery Branch continues to grow - with three annexation requests totaling about 160 acres scheduled to be considered by the city council early next month.

Brenau University's Tau Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega recently won the 2004 Progress Award at the organization