B.J. Williams

The Gainesville area got just over two inches of rain on Saturday and Sunday; that was bad news for Easter eggs hunts and other festivities, but good news as the drought continues to loosen its grip on the state.

The National Parks Service will begin asking Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area visitors to begin carrying their own trash out of the park.

A couple of house fires in Buford kept Gwinnett County firefighters busy early Saturday morning.

The rain is welcome for drought relief, but it has put a damper on some spring activities scheduled this weekend.

University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby has appointed Georgia Gwinnett College's vice president to serve as interim president.

When Alissa and Robbie Parker met face to face recently with the father of the young man who killed their daughter and 19 other first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they weren't angry with him and didn't blame him for the massacre.

A Habersham County man has been jailed after an undercover drug operation earlier this month led to the seizure of $225,000 worth of methamphetamine.

Transportation officials say the tolls on Georgia 400 will end later this year.

Three people, including the suspect, were killed in a shooting at Marine Base Quantico, a base spokesman said.

When he was running for sheriff of Hall County last year, Gerald Couch promised he would cut costs in the department, and Thursday he displayed a refurbished patrol car that costs thousands less than a new vehicle.