Ken Stanford

An intersection in West Hall has been named in memory of a soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan eight years ago.

Baldwin Paving Company of Marietta will begin work July 18 replacing a 76-year-old bridge over Toccoa Creek in Stephens County.

At the recent 2016 SkillsUSA National Competition in Louisville, Kentucky, Lanier Technical College's Karen Ballew put her Nurse Assisting skills to use to help a 15-year-old Washington State high school competitor, who had fallen and badly dislocated her knee during a storm.

The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board is scheduled to hear a request Tuesday involving a planned expansion to an Atlanta Highway supermarket/restaurant building.

North Georgia Technical College is offering a new series of tours of places of interest and notoriety throughout northeast Georgia.

Governor Nathan Deal and wife Sandra will help mark the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Summer Olympics August 5 and the part Gainesville and Hall County played in the games.

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch says the Dallas police officers who were gunned down Thursday night were not "just a bunch of faceless uniforms" but "individuals that chose to protect and serve their community."

The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce has named Gainesville-based named Championship Communication its "Business of the Month" for July.

Blairsville-based United Community Bank, which has bank branches in Gainesville and elsewhere in northeast Georgia, has received the Georgia Exceptional Lender award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Don Carter State Park will be the scene of a benefit triathlete event Saturday.