Ken Stanford

Gainesville tax bills should arrive in the mail this week.

The U.S. government is now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air bags repaired because of potential danger to drivers and passengers. But the effort is being complicated by confusing information and a malfunctioning website.

Four former Blackwater security guards were found guilty Wednesday in the 2007 shootings of more than 30 Iraqis in Baghdad, and a federal judge ordered them immediately to jail.

The historic Hardman House across from the Nacoochee Indian mound is open for tours on Thursdays through Sundays this month.

Defending their allies, Bill and Hillary Clinton are barnstorming the country for Democrats struggling through a bleak campaign season in states where President Barack Obama is deeply unpopular.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says that the U.S. made a mistake in airdropping weapons to Kurds defending the Syrian city of Kobani from the Islamic State group.

Lanier Partners of North Georgia, Inc., is the winner of this year's Helping Hands Award from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County. The Youth of the Year Award went to Gabe Copeland.

An updated transportation project priority list has been developed for Gainesville-Hall County and will be presented to a committee of the Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization (GHMPO) next week.

A new Georgia farm winery tasting room has opened in Downtown Dahlonega.