Ken Stanford

The 4,500 members of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Brigade - in training for deployment to Iraq, and including about 150 Gainesville-based soldiers - are moving closer to overseas deployment.

I watched the state of Georgia put a man to death Tuesday night. It was the first time I have witnessed an execution in nearly 40 years in this business as a reporter.

Some people in northeast Georgia will be going to the polls Tuesday for special elections.

Two requests for new subdivisions - totaling 144 lots - are scheduled to be considered later this month by the Hall County Planning Commission.

Graveside services will be held Tuesday for Birdie McKinstry of Gainesville, a woman who was a loyal listener and frequent caller to the morning talk shows on WDUN that preceded the Martha Zoller Show.

One person was killed in a traffic accident early Friday in White County.

The unemployment rate in the metro Gainesville area is up slightly from a month ago.

Tour de Georgia officials say the fifth stage of this year's race, which will begin in Gainesville April 23, will roll off at noon.

Brenau University plans to build an indoor tennis facility on the Gainesville campus which will be designed to enhance the school's Smithgall Tennis Center.

The director of the Hall County Library System has announced plans to retire.