Ken Stanford

About 150 people were in line at 10:00 Wednesday morning when Legacy Link opened the doors of its Lakeshore Mall location for flu shots.

A 1,300-acre site near Arcade could become home for some 6,000 new residents of Jackson County.

The Pentagon said Tuesday the Georgia National Guard unit recently activated for duty in Iraq - including about 150 members based in Gainesville - is the only guard unit scheduled for deployment to the war zone in 2005.

City officials in Avondale Estates have rejected Wal-Mart's request to build a SuperCenter on the site of the former Avondale Mall - in a case much like the one in Gainesville that came to a head last week.

The South Hall land condemnation hearing - originally scheduled for Monday - is now set for the week after Christmas.

After weeks of controversy, community meetings and a public hearing, the North Hall Wal-Mart question is ready to go to the Hall County Commission.

The targets of the Union Church Road land condemnation controversy involving the Hall County Commission have gone to court in hopes of stopping the condemnation.

Congressman Nathan Deal of Gainesville spoke to fellow house members Tuesday in opposition to the Intelligence Reform Bill that passed the House hours later.

The number of permits issued last month for new, single-family homes in Gainesville and Hall County changed little from October.

The incoming president of North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega will be introduced to the school's faculty, staff and students Wednesday.