Ken Stanford

Bojangles’ announced plans Friday to open a restaurant in Flowery Branch next March.

Tanger Outlets in Commerce presented a check in the amount of $1,500 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Jackson County for the proceeds from the Kid’s Day event which took place at Tanger earlier in the fall.

A Flowery Branch High School senior, Samantha Larkins, was a first-place winner at the recent National Cluster Meeting of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).

Hall County 911 seamlessly switched over to its new, upgraded phone system Thursday morning without any drop in service to citizens, according to county officials.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) has been awarded $9,896 from the VWR Charitable Foundation toward its efforts in providing healthcare by students and faculty in the Dominican Republic.

When Patrick Kelley was in Boy Scouts he wanted to organize a blood drive as a project to help the Gainesville community. On Saturday, Dec. 19, a special blood drive held in his honor from 10:00-2:00 at Grace Episcopal Church.

North Georgia Technical College recently received a high tech ABB robotic machine donation from TI Automotive in Lavonia.

Center Point, a non-profit agency providing a wide range of support and treatment services for local youth and families, has named Dr. Marshall Bruner as its clinical director.

The Drug Free Coalition of Hall County Tuesday night presented the Hall County Sheriff's Office with its Organization of the Year award and named Judy Brownell winner of the Mary Parks Youth Champion Award.

The University of North Georgia (UNG) is one of 2016’s Most Affordable Online Colleges in Georgia, according to OnlineColleges.net.