Ken Stanford

Following Friday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalizes gay marriage in all states, Gov. Nathan Deal issued a brief statement saying Georgia will follow federal law.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Bomb Disposal Unit in conjunction with the Forsyth County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) hosted bomb threat management training for approximately 75 school officials and representatives of public safety agencies from around the state on Thursday.

If you can put off your back to school shopping until then, you can save the Georgia sales tax on many of your purchases July 31 and August 1.

Tickets go on sale Wednesday for the Gainesville Theatre Alliance’s (GTA) new theatrical season which will take patrons out West, to London, the Caribbean and Transylvania, and back in time for a high society wedding.

Sepsis Alliance, the nation’s leading patient advocacy group raising sepsis awareness, recently announced the 2015 Sepsis Heroes - and the list includes a nurse at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.

Gainesville and Hall County officials have announced their closing plans for the July 4 holiday.

State officials say boating-under-the-influence arrests are up in Georgia so far this year, compared to a year ago.

The Newtown Florist Club will host a meeting Monday of African-American and Latino leaders in Gainesville to discuss the city's at-large voting system.

Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) recently arrested 60 convicted criminal aliens in Georgia.