Austin Eller

A toddler has been located and is safe, and police are seeking the child’s biological father for his abduction.

A train and a tractor-trailer both received minor damage in a collision Friday afternoon at May Street and Broad Street in Winder.

A dog recently made contact with a rabid bat in West Hall, marking the seventh case of rabies in Hall County this year.

Buford Dam Road will close for roadway maintenance Wednesday at 9 a.m., also prompting the closure of five parks in the area, according to a press release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Following a mostly uneventful start of the Labor Day holiday on Saturday, Sunday brought an increase in incidents on Georgia’s state-owned waterways.

The Georgia Mountains YMCA in Gainesville is offering a $0 joiner fee now through September 15th.

Gainesville-based Peach State Bank & Trust’s loan portfolio was ranked number one among the best banks in Georgia in an analysis from Performance Trust, a financial advisory and investment banking services company.

Joe Frank Wilkins, 30, of Gainesville faces charges of trafficking of a person for labor or sexual servitude, child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and felony reckless conduct, according to Gainesville police.

The City of Gainesville Department of Water Resources will hold its annual stream cleanup in September, however, this year’s event is going virtual due to concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Jackson County Historic Courthouse opened its newly restored second-floor courtroom on Monday, marking the end of a restoration project that began in 2007.