Ken Stanford

November 3 won't get here soon enough for me. Not because of what the presidential candidates have been doing and saying, but because of the antics of so many of their supporters.

The dean of the Hall County state legislative delegation has been given a plum assignment by the man in line to become Speaker of the House early next year.

A 16-year-old North Hall High School student will apparently be out of school longer than expected after the Hall County school board extended the suspension he had been given.

Nearly 4,000 members of the Georgia Army National Guard, some from Gainesville and Winder, have been alerted for possible deployment to the Middle East "in support of the Global War on Terrorism."

Time is running out for people in several Northeast Georgia counties if they intend to apply for assistance because of damage caused by Hurricane Ivan.

A number of members of Future Farmers of America from Northeast Georgia, including one from North Hall High School, were recenty honored at the National FFA Convention.

You can have your say later this week on the Georgia 365 corridor sewer project at a town hall meeting hosted by the Hall County Board of Commissioners.

Gainesville Police report a robbery at Wee Willy's on Industrial Boulevard Sunday night.

A well-known character from the long-running Mister Rogers' Neighborhood will be in Gainesville Friday.

Gwinnett County officials will ask the state for permission to discharge another 9 million gallons a day of treated wastewater into the Chattahoochee River - a move tied to legal battle over Lake Lanier, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.