Ken Stanford

A Gainesville golfer advanced Wednesday to the second round of the 103rd U.S. Amateur Championship.

Testimony began Tuesday in Hall County Superior Court in the murder trial of 45-year-old Mark Shackelford of Flowery Branch.

State health officials have verified that a White County woman has West Nile virus.

Several Gainesville and Hall County high school football teams will be involved in pre-season scrimmages Friday night.

North Hall High School will have to wait a little longer to see its "Field of Dreams" come true.

An admitted double-murderer has been given life without parole in the deaths of a Jackson County couple who had befriended him.

Students attending Hall County high and middle schools are now permitted to bring their cellphones and pagers to school - but their use on campus will be restricted.

Part of Old Athens Road in Gainesville will be closed to through traffic for more than a month beginning Wednesday.

The Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville will close for about two months beginning Wednesday for a major renovation of the 40-year-old building.

Three Gwinnett County carjack suspects were arrested near Flowery Branch early Saturday.