Lauren Hunter

The Gainesville Police Department is asking the public to be on the lookout for a man who falsely identified himself as a Gainesville Police Officer.

If you’re suffering through quarantine alone or just want a snuggly companion, the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia is hosting a Clear the Shelter adoption event this weekend.

The Hall County School System donated medical supplies including goggles, masks and gowns to Northeast Georgia Medical Center last week. The supplies will help protect NGMC staff who may be exposed to COVID-19.

Alliance Prosthetics and Orthotics is a medical practice that specializes in treating patients with orthoses, or braces, and prostheses, or artificial limbs. The business first opened in Braselton in 2016, then followed with another location in Gainesville in September of 2019.

Many students around North Georgia are missing out on meals that they rely on as a result of schools closing to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. But the Hall County School System is working to combat this issue by delivering free meals to their students.

The Northeast Georgia Health System plans to have two mobile units for the treatment of potential COVID-19 patients fully operational on Friday.

A group of over a dozen Gainesville and Hall County businesses came together on Tuesday to provide lunches for families in need as a result of school cancellations due to COVID-19.

Around a dozen Hall County businesses have come together to sponsor an event that will provide lunches for families who are out of school due to coronavirus concerns.

Shelves of cleaning supplies and other necessities are quickly disappearing in large grocery chains and locally owned stores due to fears of coronavirus.

A group of eight students from the University of Vermont traveled twenty hours this week to spend their spring break volunteering in Gainesville.