Marc Eggers

Lula City Manager Dennis Bergin told the city council Monday night work is going "very well" on the city's new wastewater treatment plant which he said would probably be completed by the end of October.

A spokesman for a Southern Christian Leadership Conference faction meeting in Atlanta says an ongoing internal investigation has revealed that the group's ousted chairman and treasurer have mishandled at least $569,000, and more funds and other individuals may be involved.

Hall County Fire Marshall Scott Cagle reminds Hall County residents that beginning May 1, and running through September 30, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division prohibits outdoor burning in 54 area counties in order to reduce pollutants that create ground-level ozone.

One of the men accused in the killing of a student body president at University of North Carolina's flagship campus pleaded guilty to federal crimes Monday, avoiding a death penalty case prosecutors were pursuing.

Normally, expecting 400 to 600 cars to converge in the area of the Gainesville Square at one time would be reason to avoid the area; who wants to get caught in that huge of a traffic jam!

About 300 people turned out in Cumming Thursday for the 2nd Annual Tax Day Tea Party Rally and later in the day, thousands showed up for a rally in Atlanta at the state Capitol.

The Georgia Department of Transportation held a public information open house on Thursday at Kilough Elementary School to discuss the proposed reconstruction of the intersection of State Route 400 and State Route 53.

Wednesday morning at East Hall Stadium a group of several hundred East Hall High School students were witnesses to a fatal wreck re-enacted by members of the Hall County Sheriff's and Fire Departments with help from volunteer actors from the Lanier Tech EMT training program.

Gainesville City Schools and Brenau University signed an Academic Alliance Tuesday afternoon in a ceremony held on the Brenau campus.

“My top priority as Governor of Georgia will be putting people back to work.” - Gubernatorial candidate and State Attorney General Thurbert Baker.