Ken Stanford

As South Carolina continues to deal with catastrophic flooding, Hall County Fire Services' (HCFS) Marine Rescue Team is learning how to respond if that type of disaster struck the Gainesville area.

Road work is planned again this week on a busy downtown Gainesville thoroughfare.

Presidential hopeful Ben Carson visited Gainesville Sunday.

University of North Georgia (UNG) Cadet 1st Lt. Eric E. Gleason of Marietta has been ranked the number eight Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadet in the nation from among 5,557 cadets.

The Da Vinci Academy (DVA) at South Hall Middle School and the Earhart-Edison Academy (E2) at North Hall Middle School have opened the application process for rising 6th graders who wish to apply to attend for the fall of 2016.

Gordon Sawyer of Gainesville has been named by Gov. Nathan Deal to the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission

IMS Gear recently celebrated the 20th Anniversary of its Gainesville operation and announced a new apprenticeship program with Lanier Technical College.

With renovations complete, the Sharon Springs branch of the Forsyth County Tax Commissioner’s Office, which is located inside Sharon Springs Park, is scheduled to reopen Monday morning at 8:30.

A number of college students who are not U.S. citizens are appealing a Georgia Court of Appeals decision that upheld the dismissal of their lawsuit by a Fulton County judge. The students are seeking a decision that they are entitled to in-state tuition at Georgia’s colleges and universities.