Mitch Clarke

How to deal with dwindling tax revenues even as the Georgia’s economy is booming likely will be the top issue lawmakers face when the General Assembly convenes in January, Hall County legislators said Thursday.

By now, you probably have gotten your Christmas tree. And by "gotten," I mean you've gone to one of the lots around town where they sell live Christmas trees. Or you’ve gone to a Christmas tree farm. Or just maybe you pulled the artificial tree out of the attic.

We’ve got a quick recap of some of the stories you may have missed over the weekend.

You all know that I’m a big lover of dogs. I had Glory, the black and white springer spaniel, for nearly 15 years, and now Milly, the liver and white springer spaniel, has been with me for almost six years.

Six employees at the Hall County Jail have resigned and two others have been suspended after an investigation found numerous policy violations on the jail’s night shift, Sheriff Gerald Couch announced in a news release Tuesday.

This is a big week for a lot of folks. Friday is “Black Friday,” allegedly the busiest shopping day of the year. I wouldn't know myself. I won’t be there.

Two pedestrians were killed early Friday when they were hit by a pickup truck on Ga. 400 in northern Forsyth County.

The principal of Gainesville High School said Friday faculty and students are slowly recovering from the news that a fellow student was arrested for planning an attack on a local church.

Hall County District Attorney Lee Darragh said Wednesday he wants to charge a 16-year-old Gainesville High School student as an adult for her planned attack on Bethel AME Church.

I was looking back over some of my old columns last week to find a few to share with my journalism class, when I found one from almost exactly 10 years ago.