Ken Stanford

The Oakwood City Council has requested a review of the differences between the county fire tax rates for unincorporated areas of Hall County and incorporated areas.

The Hall County Board of Education took steps Monday night to implement a program providing more safeguards for student-athletes.

Nearly 25,000 students showed up for class Monday in Hall County schools for the first day of the new school year and another 6,500 began the new year in Gainesville city schools.

The Hall County School System will lift its the outdoor activities restrictions beginning Tuesday, according to a release sent out Monday.

The U.S. stock market joined a sell-off around the world Monday in the first trading since Standard & Poor's downgraded American debt and gave investors another reason to be anxious.

National Weather Service forecasters say a heat advisory covering much of Georgia will be in effect until Monday evening, as high temperatures approach the triple-digits in some parts of the state.

Georgia gasoline prices declined another six cents a gallon last week, according to AAA Auto Club South.

Several tree fires and at least one traffic accident last night in the Gainesville area are being blamed on the stormy weather.

A European Central Bank pledge to buy up Italian and Spanish bonds slashed the two countries' borrowing costs but most global stock markets sank again Monday following the downgrade of U.S. debt by Standard & Poor's.

A one-vehicle accident Sunday night shut down Interstate 985 between Spout Springs Road and Mundy Mill Road south of Gainesville for about an hour.