B.J. Williams

Businessman David Perdue has kept Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat in GOP hands, beating a challenge by Democrat Michelle Nunn on the strength of white voters in the reliably Republican state.

Gainesville City Council members gave unanimous approval Tuesday evening to first-reading rezoning and annexation proposals for a large high-end development to be built off Dawsonville Highway on Ahaluna Drive.

Hall County authorities have arrested a Gainesville man and charged him with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl on Sunday, November 2.

Hall County Elections Director Charlotte Sosebee is optimistic about total turnout for the 2014 mid-term election, but she admits some voters have been confused about Tuesday's elections process.

Tuesday is Election Day across the nation, and Georgia voters have some big decisions to make when it comes to elected a governor, a U.S. Senator and other constitutional officers. However, there are some factors to consider on Tuesday's ballot.

A security guard fired after President Barack Obama's trip to Atlanta said Monday that he lost his job because he snapped a picture of the presidential motorcade to send to his mother and is humiliated by news reports wrongly claiming he's a convicted felon.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed by Florida that seeks to limit the amount of water Georgia can take from a shared river system.

With nearly one million early votes cast, Georgia's voter turnout is up almost 21-percent over the 2010 mid-term election, according to the Secretary of State's office.

The University of North Georgia Orchestra will present its Fall 2014 Concert on Friday, Nov. 14 at Dahlonega Baptist Church at 234 Hawkins Street in Dahlonega.

The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to hear the appeal of a death row inmate convicted in the bombing death of a federal judge from Alabama.