Ken Stanford

A Lumpkin County jury has begun hearing the murder case against a Cobb County man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother.

The state Board of Human resources held a meeting in Oakwood Wednesday afternoon as it travels the state seeking public input and ideas during the the change in leadership at the agency's leadership.

The state Department of Transportation says construction on the U.S. 441-Homer Bypass in Banks County is now ready to shift traffic onto the southern end of the project.

North Hall Middle School was tops in the state in this year's "Hoops for the Heart" fund-raiser sponsored by the Georgia Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.

The Gainesville/Hall County SAFE KIDS Coalition has been named Coalition of the Year by the National SAFE KIDS Campaign.

Visiting just before Veterans Day, the Reverend Jesse Jackson told Fort Stewart soldiers Monday that the government has a moral obligation to provide better health care and housing to sick reservists.

The Georgia Recreation and Park Association has named Cheryl Hinderscheid of Gainesville its Volunteer of the Year.

Georgia lost one of its most prominent poultry leaders Monday with the death of Tom Arrendale Junior of Clarkesville.

Brenau University recently inducted ten new members of the Brenau University Alumni Hall of Fame.

The Hall County Board of Education - meeting over the weekend - discussed the need for a new elementary school in the southern part of the county.