Bryan Pirkle

The University of Georgia is expected to name Kirby Smart, the current Defensive Coordinator for the University of Alabama, as its new head football coach.

Barbara Brooks is Gainesville's newest city council member after winning Tuesday's runoff election to claim the Ward 3 seat on the council.

Gwinnett County police have located an 8-year-old girl that had been reported as missing Tuesday evening.

Hall County Fire Services will be sponsoring a free bike helmet giveaway on Monday.

Fire managers with the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest have begun the first of several prescribed burns as part of the U.S Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "2015-2016 prescribed fire season."

An official grand opening and road-naming ceremony was held Tuesday afternoon for the State Route 11/US 129 North Appalachian Parkway in Cleveland, previously known as the Cleveland Bypass.

The source of a residential fire that severely damaged a Lula-area home Monday evening is under investigation by Hall County fire officials.

Although no injuries were reported, two Barrow County adults were left without a home following a severe house fire in the northern end of the county over the weekend.

While it was a relatively quiet year for confirmed rabies cases in Hall County, the number has climbed from six to 15 in about two and a half months time.

The Gwinnett County Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place at a Dacula residence Wednesday evening.