Ken Stanford

About 20,000 gallons of sewage is believed to have escaped from an overflow on a sewer line on the west side of Gainesville the past few days.

A Hall County school teacher, arrested on sex-related charges last week at Balus Creek Park near Flowery Branch, has resigned his teaching job.

A Riverdale man is suspected of stealing scratch-off lottery tickets from stores in Gainesville.

Brenau University recently received a gift of more than half-a-million dollars from the estate of a former student.

A Dahlonega man Wednesday was appointed to the state 9-1-1 Advisory Council.

March, typically one of the wettest months of the year in northeast Georgia, is turning out to be unsually dry this year.

The Gainesville Police Department has designated six locations where officers are giving away gun locks as part of a nationwide child safety campaign.

The City of Gainesville has embarked upon an intersection improvement project, with the start of work at Athens Highway and Lenox Drive.

The twelfth and final in a series of public meeting on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan for Gainesville and Hall County will be held Wednesday.

A Brenau Academy senior was recently awarded second place in the Kiwanis Art Exhibition held at Quinlan Art Center in Gainesville.