B.J. Williams

With the consent of fellow board members, Gainesville School Board member David Syfan stepped away from his board duties Monday night and took at turn to speak as a citizen on the issue of Georgia's proposed charter school amendment.

The Presidential Debate isn't the only political debate that will draw the attention of area voters Tuesday night.

The weekend was picture perfect for a fall festival in Hall County, just the way the Gainesville Jaycees ordered it.

Hall County's non-profit community is getting behind this year's Georgia Gives Day on December 6.

Hall County pastors are being recruited to take part in an initiative to curb child sexual abuse in the area.

The funeral service for Correctional Officer Larry Stell, a graduate of Truett-McConnell College in Cleveland, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, at Lowe's Funeral Home in Helena.

Nobody was hurt and there was no damage, but a small earthquake in Fannin County Saturday morning was enough to scare folks.

The Kiwanis Club of Gainesville estimated that members served up as many as 2,000 plates of pancakes at their annual fundraising breakfast Saturday morning.

Authorities with Banks County dispatch say both northbound lanes of Interstate 85 at mile marker 155 were blocked for a time Saturday as the result of an accident.