Ken Stanford

The Mike Cottrell College of Business at the University of North Georgia (UNG) will expand its Cottrell Master of Business Administration (MBA) program to the Gainesville campus beginning this fall.

The Georgia State Patrol post in Gainesville was recognized recently by the Georgia chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) for its DUI arrests.

Georgia lawmakers carved out a tax break to a private college in a last-minute bill, exempting a school focused on preparing students as Baptist faith evangelists from sales tax on construction materials for a new recreation center.

The coming week is going to be a wet one, with most places across north Georgia expected to receive more than four inches of rain.

About 200 former Brenau University students attending annual reunion weekend festivities Saturday witnessed the official union of two "Brenau students of today" - a new piece of sculpture on the Gainesville campus.

The Pew Research Center reports that five Georgia counties are among 78 nationwide that are no longer majority white.

A memory garden will be dedicated later this month in Gainesville in memory of deceased victims of child abuse.

The staff of the Gainesville Planning Department is recommending approval of plans for a 7,700-square-foot office building on a vacant lot on Thompson Bridge Road. The site is across from the new Walmart Neighborhood Market.

A wild throw to second base skipped into center field, and Cailen Rundles sprinted home to win the game for the University of North Georgia (UNG) baseball team. The fourth-grader's rare, walk-off win was celebrated at home plate by a cheering crowd of his fellow UNG Nighthawks during a recent Make-A-Wish event at the school.