Ken Stanford

A new state audit suggests that lawmakers may want to reconsider incentive programs aimed at attracting more and better-trained math and science teachers.

Friends of Recovery recently provided a Christmas party for the participants in the Hall County Accountability Court program and their families.

The second person killed in a wreck on I-985 near Flowery Branch early Friday has been identified as Maurice Barry, 28, Clanton, Ala.

A new year always brings with it organizational meetings for local governments, and Gainesville and Flowery Branch will get theirs out of the way Tuesday and Thursday.

The third Brenau University Student Art and Design Show will be held Jan. 5-Feb. 7 at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Warmer than usual ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific may be to blame for record-setting rainfall in Georgia, experts say.

The Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club’s 19th Annual Polar Bear Plunge scheduled for Friday has been postponed due to adverse water conditions resulting from the recent heavy rains.