B.J. Williams

In advance of the grand opening of the Georgia Mountain Food Bank's new facility in south Hall County, officials with the food bank are asking the community to collect food this week to stock the shelves of the new building.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney tapped Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect of a conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan to remake Medicare and cut trillions in federal spending.

Georgia's attorney general will address participants at the upcoming Republican National Convention.

Early voting for the Aug. 21 runoff elections will begin Thursday, one day later than originally scheduled, according to Hall County Elections Director Charlotte Sosebee.

A teenage mother faces murder charges in connection with the death of her 9-day-old daughter, according to Hall County Sheriff's Office officials.

Closing arguments are scheduled Tuesday in the murder trial of a Gainesville man accused in the death of his girlfriend's 18-month-old daughter last summer.

While the news is better than anticipated in June, the belt will still be tighter for the Hall County School System this coming year.

A man instrumental in leading equal education opportunities for black students in Gainesville has died.

Officials with Gainesville Magistrate Court said Monday that Paul J. Bennett, 44, of Cumming has waived his first court appearance in connection with a fatal boat crash on Lake Lanier earlier this summer.

A shooting early Saturday that left two people dead inside a Lawrenceville home was apparently a murder and suicide, according to authorities.