Ken Stanford

Schools in Forsyth and Gwinnett counties are among five selected as 2015 winners of the Georgia Department of Education's Family-Friendly Partnership School Award.

Chicopee Woods is one of 27 recipients of trail grants, totaling $2.7 million, from the state Department of Natural Resources.

A Johnson High School student is among the winners of the annual Cesar Chavez Essay Contest sponsored by the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO).

The Office Depot store in Gainesville will close next month, eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs.

Six Hall County School District Odyssey of the Mind teams finished first or second at the recent state finals and now move on to international competition at Michigan State University May 20-23.

When it comes to the health of their residents, Forsyth, Gwinnett and Lumpkin counties lead the pack in northeast Georgia, according to a new study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.