Ken Stanford

The 2015 High School Fishing Southeastern Conference Championship tournament will be held Saturday on Lake Lanier. East Hall is one of the schools expected to compete.

The Petit Le Mans returns to Road Atlanta next week with drivers and fans from all over the world descending on the rolling hills near Chestnut Mountain.

An eight-legged creature that escaped in the cargo hold of a passenger flight from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International grounded the plane and sent passengers onto another flight.

Georgia's coastal seaports plan $142 million in expansion and improvement projects in the next year to keep pace with faster than expected growth, the ports' chief executive said Thursday.

Piedmont College music major Mitchell Auger of Alpharetta will present his senior voice recital at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 in the college Chapel in Demorest.

Karen Canupp of Jefferson has been named to a new term on the Georgia Board of Optometry.

The 15th Annual Harvest of Hope Masquerade Ball is planned Oct. 16 at the banquet hall at First Baptist Church in Gainesville.

Jacob Sims has joined The Fockele Garden Company as its new Maintenance Production Manager.

Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County in partnership with the Flowery Branch Police Department, the Hall County Sheriff's Department and Kohl's in Flowery Branch will host "Operation Pill Drop" on Saturday from 10:00-2:00 at Kohl's in Flowery Branch.

The Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County’s Annual Thrift Sale is set for October 3.