B.J. Williams

In a called meeting Thursday morning, the Hall County Board of Education validated the sale of $157 million in general obligation bonds to fund a facilities plan for the district over the next 10 years.

Two large fall fairs in Georgia have been canceled because of fears about COVID-19 transmission.

Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday said he's dropping a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta in a dispute over the city's requirement to wear masks in public and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residential students at Young Harris College in Towns County will move back to campus for the fall semester the week of Aug. 10.

As Forsyth County officials work on the county's first public transportation master plan, the Department of Public Transportation has scheduled two public information open houses for Wednesday, Aug. 12.

Even though kids won't be in school physically for at least two weeks, the Hall County School District will start delivering free meals to students on Monday as part of the federal government's "Seamless Summer Option" program.

Early voting for the Aug. 11 primary runoff wrapped up Friday afternoon in Hall County - and the rest of the state - and to no one's surprise, turnout was low for the three weeks leading up to election day.

Dustin Hamby, an 18-year veteran of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, has been promoted to Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office (ARDEO) in Cleveland.

The east side of Russell Street in Suwanee has been closed to traffic until Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 5 p.m., according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed, or partially closed, some parks around Lake Lanier to clean up damage from a storm that hit the lake on Monday afternoon.