Bryan Pirkle

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.

The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) recently awarded seven local governments in north Georgia a total of nearly $5 million in federal loans for water, sewer and wastewater infrastructure improvements.