Virginia Munn, a seventh grader at Gainesville Middle School East, won the school district's annual spelling bee on Jan. 24 at the board office on Oak Street.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office said Bill Wilson Road is closed to traffic while fire crews battle a large fire at a winery in the northeastern county.
The Georgia House of Representatives Committee on Assignments has reappointed State Representative Matt Dubnik of Gainesville as the Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.