Ken Stanford

The three-story complex will be located on Jesse Jewell Parkway and is expected to be ready to open in July 2020.

Graduating seniors from the Hall County School System and Lakeview Academy are among those from the across the state recognized this year as Georgia Scholars.

The festival and concert scheduled for Saturday, May 11, as part of the 21st Annual Rubber Duck Derby in Gainesville, have been canceled because of the continued threat of thunderstorms.

The honorees this year are Melvin Cooper, Jerry Davis, LaCrisia Larkin and David Smith.

Haley Shea Barfield is a senior at UNG and is one of only 496 college students across the country to earn the scholarship this year.

The planning commission is scheduled to consider both items at its May 20 meeting.

Gainesville High School Digital Media and Film students recently had two original films, "Hammerhands" and "Mislaid," to premiere at the First Time Filmmakers Festival in London.

Last Thursday's execution of Scotty Morrow leaves one convicted Hall County murderer on Georgia's death row.

John Thompson and Jeremy Cooksey were recognized at the annual Golden Shield Honors.