Ken Stanford

The head of the Dean for President campaign in Hall County said Tuesday she was surprised but not dismayed by Dean's third-place showing in the Iowa caucuses.

Georgia congressman Johnny Isakson said in Gainesville Tuesday he was not surprised last week when about a dozen Democratic members of the state legislature endorsed President Bush for re-election.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners Tueday is scheduled to hear from the Clerk of Courts and Court Administration on ways to reduce expenses.

A senior at East Hall High School is one of only 400 high school juniors and seniors from across the country chosen to participate in a forum on U.S. national security this year.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Merritt Martin, a man long associated with the automobile sales industry in Gainesville.

A traffic accident last week in the East Hall area has claimed the life of a Gainesville man.

Hall County District Attorney Jason Deal says the district attorneys in Georgia will try again this year to get the state legislature to pass a bill equalizing jury strikes in courtrooms around Georgia.

Lumpkin County School Superintendent David Luke is retiring.

A Commerce man has died of stab wounds suffered at his home Thursday night.

You may notice more than the usual number of bass boats on Lake Lanier Saturday.