Ken Stanford

Congressman Nathan Deal of Gainesville is calling for immediate reforms to strengthen the extradition process for illegal-undocumented felons that commit crimes in the U.S. then flee to Mexico.

The Red Cross Save A Life Tour convoy rolls into Gainesville Friday.

Barrow County is getting state money to help improve access to Georgia 316.

A Latino advocate from Gainesville has launched an internet campaign to get at least two Mexican immigrants appointed to the Latino Commission for a New Georgia.

A new chief magistrate for Hall County has been named.

A five-month seasonal ban on outdoor burning in Hall and a number of other north Georgia counties ends Wednesday.

Baldwin, Blue Ridge, and Buford will share in $47 million in affordable housing funding announced for Georgia Tuesday by the state Department of Community Affairs.

Brenau University launches its 2003 Annual Loyalty Fund Drive Thursday with a breakfast meeting of community business leaders who will volunteer to help with the drive.

For the second time in three years, a young Gainesville woman will be competing in the Miss Georgia Pageant.

Concerned Citizens of Jackson County plans to appeal a judge's ruling in favor of the county in a dispute over courthouse funding.