Ken Stanford

Senator Butch Miller (R- Gainesville) read to a group of students at the Academy Child Development Center on Monday, October 5, and E.E. Butler Headstart on Tuesday, October 6, in celebration of Georgia Pre-K Week.

If you didn't get enough of fall festivals last weekend with Gaineville's Mule Camp Market and Cornelia's Big Red Apple Festival, you might want to try Gold Rush Days this weekend in Dahlonega.

Gainesville Parks and Recreation is proud to announce the 5th Annual Trick or Treat on the Trail on Saturday, October 24 from 3-5pm in the Midtown Greenway on Grove Street.

The hugely popular Antique & Holiday Fest is set for October 23-25 in the historic Braselton Park.

Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy will host our annual Red Elephant Fall Market on Saturday Oct. 24, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Business After Hours will be Thursday, Oct. 22, from 5:00-7:00 at the Brenau Downtown Center.

Dawsonville will be the site of one of three meetings around the state focusing on Affordable Energy Efficient Rural Housing.

The sense of anticipation that comes prior to the opening day of firearms deer hunting season is a feeling that many north Georgians have this week.

A Delta Air Lines plane aborted takeoff Monday in Jamaica after a fire was reported in its cargo area, forcing 160 people and six crew members to evacuate the jetliner which was scheduled to fly from Montego Bay to Atlanta.

Caring Hands Ministries will distribute winter clothing for children and adults in Hall, Lumpkin, White, Habersham and Dawson counties Oct. 22.