Ken Stanford

When qualifying ended in Gainesville Friday for the July 18 primaries, the most crowded field of candidates was in the race to fill Doug Calvert's seat on the Hall County School Board.

The latest candidates to qualify for the July General Election primaries in Hall County include one for district attorney and two for the state Legislature.

College graduation activities begin in northeast Georgia this weekend as Piedmont College in Demorest holds a baccalaureate service for 365 new graduates.

The unemployment rate in Metro Gainesville and the Georgia Mountains Region is down more than half-a-percentage point.

Two Gainesville attorneys and a former Gainesville GBI agent were among the candidates who tossed their hats into the political ring Wednesday - and another member of the Hall County State Legislative delegation qualified to seek another term.

Two more candidates qualified for this summer's Republican Primary Wednesday.

A longtime Hall County farmer was chosen for the Hall County Agriculture Hall of Fame Wednesday at the annual Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Awards Breakfast.

There are now more than a dozen picnic tables dotting the grounds of the Allen Creek Soccer Complex - and they didn't cost taxpayers a dime.

Workers from the city engineering department began putting up yellow ribbons in downtown Gainesville Tuesday morning in preparation for Charlie Company's return from Iraq Thursday.

Three juveniles, playing with a cigarette lighter, are being blamed for a fire Tuesday night that scorched three vacant lots in Buford.