Flowery Branch News

Every 10 years, Georgia city government officials go to the table with their county government counterparts to figure out how to divide dollars from the local sales tax.

Andrea Garcia, right, laughs with a friend Tuesday while she and Kayla Treadwell, left, have lunch at Gainesville Middle School.

When firefighters arrived at the 5600 block of Pine Street, they found the vehicle in a ditch and the building across the street on fire.

Former professional football player Warrick Dunn high-fives Giovanni Guy as he gives the Walls family a tour of their new fully furnished home Friday morning during the Habitat for Humanity home dedication.

According to the Hall County Sheriff's Office, the fight began about 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Fish Tales Lakeside Grill in Flowery Branch when Stacy Rogers-Ritenour was asked to leave by the restaurant's owner, William Dale Ozaki.

Rufus Jerome Smith has been taken into custody by the Gwinnett County Police Department according to spokesman Corporal Jake Smith.

A rising junior at Flowery Branch High School, Anna Leigh Stewart is raising money to help seniors left alone in nursing homes.

Flowery Branch resident Michelle McKenzie won the Athleta Iron Girl triathlon held Sunday at Lake Lanier Islands, besting a field of more than 1,000 athletes and topping second place Amanda Harpring of Atlanta by almost two minutes.

Atlanta Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff participated in National Bike to Work Day on Friday morning.

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Next school year, students, faculty and staff at Flowery Branch High School may hear sirens coming from the 300 hall.

City Manager Bill Andrew and City Finance Director Jeremy Perry plan to discuss the spending plan at the hearing, taking place before Flowery Branch City Council at City Hall, 5517 Main St.

Vanessa Juarez, 14, a freshman, paints the outside of a mock ambulance Tuesday at Flowery Branch High School.

A 19-year-old Lawrenceville man has been arrested and charged with kidnapping a woman at knife point in Gainesville Monday.

Northeast Georgia Health System Vice President Anthony Williamson said Tuesday morning in Flowery Branch that South Hall County's new $200-million hospital in Braselton should be ready by the spring of 2015.

When: 10 a.m. May 28 Where: Route is Green Street, starting at First Baptist Church and traveling to E.E. Butler Parkway, then E.E. Butler to Spring Street Contact: Dave Dellinger, 770-718-7676 Paul E. Bolding American Legion Post 7 is finishing up plans on the 10th anniversary Memorial Day parade - one of Gainesville's largest annual events - on ... (more)

Lance Corporal Sean Adams made it home from Walter Reed Hospital to surprise his mom at Rejoice Baptist Church in Flowery Branch.

Flowery Branch pole vaulter Austin Eckenroth won the Class AAAA state title Thursday, the opening day of the state track and field championships at Jefferson.

Sunny weather with just a hint of breeze and the sound of children laughing and running through the fountains made for a perfect morning to start off the Saturday Farmer's Market in Suwanee.

Ryan Stampfly of C.W. Davis Middle School and Vanessa Chico of East Hall High School compete Tuesday in the 25-meter manual wheelchair race.

Over the weekend, school officials announced their plans to move from their Thompson Bridge Road facility to a space at Chestnut Mountain Church in Flowery Branch.