Ken Stanford

Some merchants in Gainesville are using special advertising campaigns to entice customers to shop with them Friday and Saturday - the state's first "sales tax holidays."

Forsyth and Gwinnett counties have until Friday to decide whether to join a regional express bus service.

Hall County firemen said Monday a weekend fire on Lula Road caused about $5,000 damage to the home of Shane Peck.

A Gainesville High student has won a record fourth-straight Class AAA spelling crown.

The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board is scheduled to consider plans for more commercial development on Brown's Bridge Road April 9.

Funeral services are planned Thursday for a former Hall County commissioner who died Monday following an extended illness.

All lanes of U.S. 129, south of Blairsville were re-opened as of 4:15 p.m. Tuesday after being partially blocked for hours. A straight tanker truck overturned Tuesday morning, causing traffic snags throughout the day.

Georgia is recruiting a South Carolina man to become the state's Northern Arc czar.

In the wake of recent disputes involving the assignment of students to schools in Hall County, the county school board has revised its student assignment policy.

Authorities still don't have a positive identification for a bady decomposed body found in Cumming Friday.