Bryan Pirkle

A Barrow County firefighter suffered a minor injury over the weekend after responding to a residential fire in the western side of the county.

Winder Police made two arrests this week while following up on a citizen complaint that alerted authorities to ongoing criminal activity inside city limits.

A suspicious device apparently found inside a Gainesville home was detonated by the GBI bomb squad Monday night.

A brief SWAT standoff in Gainesville ended peacefully Monday afternoon when a wanted felon was taken into custody by Hall County authorities.

Gwinnett County authorities say a SWAT situation in Suwanee ended peacefully Thursday afternoon when a wanted fugitive was arrested without incident.

The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Hall County that saw a pedestrian struck by a trailer that had detached from its vehicle and overturned Thursday afternoon.

Brenau University will host the release of a special student-led publication, “The Brenau Facing Project: Facing Homelessness in Gainesville & Hall County,” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the John S. Burd Center for the Performing Arts.

The Georgia Department of Transportation is inviting residents to an open house Tuesday night at Otwell Middle School in Cumming to give input on the proposed improvement project along Ga. 20 between Cumming and Canton.

According to the Chimney Safety Institute of America (CSIA), fires related to poor chimney maintenance and other heating appliance related accidents account for over 125 million dollars a year in damages to residential property.

Hall County firefighters remained on the scene of a 3-alarm residential fire in the northern end of the county until late in the night Monday.