Lauren Hunter

Although the summer is winding down, it’s a tropical paradise all year long at The Painted Flamingo Pottery and Art Studio in Gainesville.

During a visit to Forsyth Central High School on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos complimented Forsyth County Schools officials for beginning the new school year with face-to-face instruction.

A section of Green Street between Washington and Spring streets will close for two weeks beginning August 31.

Four defendants, two of which are illegal aliens, have been sentenced for their roles in a decade-long cocaine trafficking network.

Hall County libraries will reopen to the public Monday with some health and safety precautions still in place.

A man wanted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation on several counts of child molestation turned himself in to the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday.

In response to a recent party near the University of North Georgia-Dahlonega campus, Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard issued a statement stating future party-goers could “face some charges.”

A section of Banks Street in Midtown Gainesville will close to traffic beginning today until August 28.

An official groundbreaking ceremony for the Gainesville Renaissance project, also known as the fourth side of the square, will take place on September 16.

The Northeast Georgia History Center at Brenau University is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment with a brand-new exhibit.