The Georgia State Patrol has promoted Auston Allen to the rank of Sergeant First Class, and he has assumed the duties of Commander of GSP Post 6 in Gainesville.
A contract with Atlanta's public transportation provider that would have brought a significant expansion of mass transit has been voted down by Gwinnett County voters.
The Hall County Board of Education has approved Dr. Betsy Ainsworth as the new principal for Chestnut Mountain Elementary School for the 2019-2020 school year.
Programs that give drug users clean needles in exchange for used ones would become legal in Georgia, under a proposal that cleared a Senate committee Monday.