B.J. Williams

After a search that began in November, the Gainesville Parks and Recreation Board of Directors has selected a finalist for the agency's director position.

Public schools in Georgia would need to receive a threat assessment every four years under school safety legislation passed by the state Senate.

A three-story townhome was gutted by fire early Wednesday morning in a Buford neighborhood.

The issue of how to handle short term rentals in White County has not been settled yet, but the White County Board of Commissioners this week spent more time in conversation about the matter.

The Gainesville man tasked with overseeing the Southeastern Regional Office for the U.S. Small Business Administration said the future is bright for African Americans who want to own their own businesses.

For more than two hours Wednesday morning, police negotiators worked to rescue a woman who had climbed onto a road sign over GA 400 at Haynes Bridge Road.

The Gainesville Police Department is on the lookout for the person or persons who stole a police vehicle and crashed it over the weekend.

A four-year-old playing with a lighter accidentally set his house on fire in Barrow County Monday morning.

A fire reported at the Jackson County Jail in Jefferson Tuesday morning was quickly extinguished, according to information from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and the Jefferson Fire Department.

Republican Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville has introduced the Mass Violence Prevention (MVP) Act