Ken Stanford

About 250 students graduated from North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega Friday night just hours after about a dozen members of the Corps of Cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Army.

It's another blow to Lake Lanier interests who are fighting keep the level of the lake as high as possible: Congress has allocated money to keep river barges in the south afloat including those that now plow the waters of the Chattahooche below Colu

The state Department of Educaiton says nearly 80 percent of Georgia schools meet accountability goals following Adequate Yearly Progress appeals - including two of the eight in Gainesville and Hall County that were singled out as "not making adequate

Oakwood-based Wayne Farms and the Wesley Woods Center in Athens have teamed up to make the holidays a bit brighter for seniors in North Georgia.

Gainesville Parks and Recreation

A man says he was shot at by two men who accosted him as he left a convenience store on the southside of Gainesville Thursday night.

Gainesville Police Chief Frank Hooper says foul play is not suspected in the death of a Gainesville fireman, whose body was found in an apartment on Dawsonville Highway early Thursday.

Someone kicked in the door of a South Hall convenience store Thursday night and got away with lottery tickets - apparently a lot of them.

A man who has spent his entire career with Brenau University is retiring.

The Christmas break is almost here for students in the Gainesville and Hall County school systems.