Ken Stanford

Candidates can begin qualifying Monday for the city elections to be held in Hall County November 4.

Two events are scheduled this weekend for atheletes in Gainesville for the Olympic canoe qualifying event scheduled next week on Lake Lanier.

Hall County school officials Friday began the second phase of compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

The Hall County Sheriff's Department is in line for a $600,000 federal grant which will be used to hire eight new officers for community policing and homeland security-related activities.

The trend of fewer new housing starts in Hall County entered its fourth month in August.

The City of Gainesville plans to begin installing new traffic calming measures on Riverside Drive Tuesday.

The South Hall woman who was shot by Hall County sheriff's deputies in her Cash Road home early Tuesday morning emphatically denies that she pointed a gun at the officers.

The longest-serving member of the Gainesville City Council said Wednesday he will be a candidate for re-election this year.

There was an eleven percent decline in the number of childhood injuries seen by the Northeast Georgia Medical Center during the fiscal year that ended June 30.

The opening ceremonies for Lanier Canoe 2003 - the Olympics qualifier to be held beginning September 11 - will feature a variety of entertainmnet.