Ken Stanford

Three murders in less than a week have sent three Southern college campuses into grief, and brought renewed attention to campus safety a topic already on the minds of parents and students after recent mass killings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois.

The City of Gainesville is hosting a meeting next week on what was once one of the most polluted streams in town.

Consumers, battered by plunging home prices and a credit crunch, stayed away from the malls in February, pushing retail sales down by a larger-than-expected amount. It was another worrisome sign that the country could be falling into a recession.

In about a month, legal immigrants in Gainesville will be able to get free assistance in applying for citizenship.

When a 32-year-old named Jennifer Wilbanks disappeared while jogging a few days before her lavish wedding, Duluth was turned upside down. Now the story of the runaway bride is coming to the stage - in the form of a musical which opens tonight.

The tenth anniversary of the tornado that hit Hall and White counties in 1998 will be observed with a memorial service next week in North Hall.

The state will seek the death penalty against a Winder man who is accused in the deaths of four people - including his two children and their mother - nearly two years ago in Hoschton.

An Oconee County judge has scheduled a hearing for next week to decide whether to allow a defense attorney to question grand jurors before they consider indicting a Bogart man on charges he shot and killed a Winder man who had reportedly argued with his daughters.

No one was injured in a robbery early Wednesday at a Gainesville restaurant.

Lee Waldrip, a longtime Hall County businessman and auctioneer, died Monday following a sudden illness.