Ken Stanford

Taking the first step in its sewer partnership with the City of Braselton - one described by city officials as a "big" one, the Oakwood City Council voted Monday night to award a contract to build a pump station on Martin Road.

Taking an important step on the thorny path to closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the White House plans to announce Tuesday that the government will acquire an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois to be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo.

After six years of waiting, the City of Gainesville has officially purchased a portion of CSX railroad property in Midtown which will be used in the revitalization of that part of Gainesville.

The governors of Alabama, Georgia and Florida are meeting for the first time in two years to discuss a water sharing dispute that has been going on for two decades.

A tanker truck overturned on State Route 53 at Robin Hood Road just outside of Watkinsville in Oconee County this morning and closed the roadway. State route 53 was reopened to traffic at 6:00 p.m. after the clean up from the crash was completed.

A second information session (at 4:00) on Hall County's DaVinci Academy was added to Monday's schedule because of the response to the series of meetings that was held last week.

Hall County fire investigators are still searching for the cause of a Saturday night fire that heavily damaged a house on West Ridge Road. But it appears to have been accidental.

A reception is planned Friday afternoon for retiring Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper.

Two northeast Georgians are included in the 56-member ACF Stakeholders Governing Board.

The search has begun for the cause of a fire Sunday night at the federal prison in Atlanta.