Bryan Pirkle

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office is introducing a new system to help identify criminals.

Habersham County residents and organizations joined forces Friday night to raise money and awareness for cancer research.

The city of Lula wants some public input on its budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

A licensed master captain on Lake Lanier has started a new service designed to help people avoid boating under the influence and BUI-related tragedy.

The Northwinds Symphonic Band is celebrating Memorial Day with the "Spirit of American Heroes" concert.

The South's oldest balloon event and the country's only long distance hot air balloon race is 40 years old this year.

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United Way of Hall County is increasing the number of agencies it supports to 23 this year, covering 37 total programs in three "core" areas: education, health and income.

Even with Republicans holding unprecedented political power across the South, Democrats remain mostly in charge of urban centers in otherwise conservative states. Yet increasingly that control is threatened, not at the ballot box, but by Republican-led legislatures reaching into local governing decisions, often over objections.

The water dispute between Alabama, Florida and Georgia is provoking hardball politics in Congress, where Georgia lawmakers derailed a proposal that could restrict metro Atlanta's water supply.