Ken Stanford

A nearly three-week break begins today for students in the Gainesville and Hall County school systems but the classrooms won't be completely empty.

Chestnut Mountain and Murrayville are back, as well as Sautee-Nachoochee, but not Klondike, Hollywood and Blackshear Place.

Fire destroyed a pickup and damaged an apartment at Butler Street Apartments in Gainesville Wednesday morning.

Work on four Hall County roads is listed as "delayed" on a new state DOT website hightling its increasing funding deficit.

The state Department of Transportation has approved more than $66 million in road improvement contracts, statewide, including $20 million in northeast Georgia.

Ground will be broken this week for two South Hall facilities to be built by Hall County government and funded by revenues from a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

Gainesville Bank & Trust officials Thursday announced a special holiday contribution - made in honor of GB&T customers - to two local charities.

United Community Banks Inc. has completed its acquisition of Southern Bancorp Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Southern National Bank.

The year may be winding down but the number of new homes being built in Hall County remains steady.

A report critical of the operation of the public defender's office that serves Hall and Dawson counties will help the state legislature in dealing with some issues that need correcting, according to one state lawmaker.