Ken Stanford

The first of two public hearings on a proposed pay raise for Hall County School Board members will be held next week.

The 9th Annual Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club Polar Bear Swim Saturday in Lake Lanier will feature the first Pastoral Plunge.

The pastor of Free Chapel will deliver the keynote address for next month's King Day observance in Gainesville.

At least three people lost their lives in two separate traffic accidents in northeast Georgia Thursday.

Hall countians may get a chance to vote next year on whether to allow the sale of liquor-by-the-drink in uncorporated parts of the county - and county commission chairman Tom Oliver said Thursday he would support holding such a referendum.

The City of Gainesville reminds you there will be no garbage pickup Monday because of the observance of New Year's Day.

Three Hall County high school bands and a group of middle school cheerleaders are spending part of their winter break at college bowl games.

Forsyth County continues the process of replacing its volunteer fire stations with fully-staffed, paid firefighters.

The Gainesville City Council's first meeting of the new year will be held on a Wednesday instead of the traditional Tuesday - and will be an organizational session. Flowery Branch also has such a meeting coming up.

A 47-year-old Gainesville man was arrested Wednesday morning on a number of charges including burglary and leaving the scene of an accident.