Ken Stanford

A small group of University of North Georgia Nursing students and faculty members recently spent a week in the Dominican Republic, providing medical care to impoverished sugar cane-harvesting villages called "bateyes. "

Leigh Sears is the recipient of the 2016 John Yates Scholarship sponsored by the Georgia Association of Educational Leaders.

Kathy Holland has been named director of the Gwinnett County Department of Planning and Development.

Caring Hands Ministries will hold its 19th annual Back to School Give Away Saturday July 30 from 5:30-8:30 PM at Travis Chapel United Methodist Church in Cleveland.

A Hall County-based group is offering a free seminar July 30 to show people how to have a chance defending themselves in an active shooter situation.

Georgia Mountain Food Bank held its second annual Partner Agency Conference at the Boomershine Family Logistics Center in Gainesville Friday.

Early voting ends Friday for the July 26 general election primary runoffs, which include several races in northeast Georgia.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners recently issued an update of ongoing road improvement projects.

More than 100 Hall County elementary school students to received diplomas at Brenau University’s Downtown Center on July 15 as part of the 2016 RISE graduation ceremonies.

The Longstreet Clinic announced Friday the successful implantation of a new artificial spinal disc replacement device by TLC Neurosurgeon Betsy Grunch and Vascular surgeon Dr. James Reeves of Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Vascular Center.