Gainesville News

An estimated 1,000 July 4th weekend music lovers filled the space at the Brenau University Amphitheatre Friday evening for the annual performance of a Patriotic Popsa by the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra.

The Gainesville 9 & 10-year-old Little League All-Star team defeated the Oconee County National All-Stars 11-0 in 4 innings in the opening round of the District 10 tournament in Bogart on Friday.

Bulldog pride was the topic of conversation at Tuesday's Kiwanis Club meeting in Gainesville.

Authorities in Georgia and Florida say they spent countless man hours investigating claims by a man who identified himself on the Internet as "catchmekiller," falsely claiming 16 murders including a south Georgia woman who disappeared almost four years ago.

The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a Hall County medical malpractice case in which four Gainesville physicians were cleared of negligence, saying the jury should not have been given certain instructions about hindsight.

The Gainesville City Council voted today to appeal a judge's ruling handed down against the city last week in a suit filed by The Times.

The 12th rabies case for the year has been reported by the Gainesville-Hall Animal Control Department.

Gainesville Public Utilities Director Kelly Randall said the city utility is still moving forward with plans to provide water service to the residents of Belmont, despite Hall County's recent discussions with Jackson County water officials.

Gainesville officials violated the state's Open Records Act when they refused to provide The Times with information tied to an investigation of former City Manager Bryan Shuler, a Hall County judge decided today.

Building a pedestrian bridge, especially one that extends over a four-lane road, takes time and teamwork.

Two brothers, who escaped custody of a Gainesville police officer at the Hall County Detention Center Thursday night, remain at large.

A former Gainesville mayor was arrested last weekend on a charge of public indecency.

Gainesville's Public Utilities office on Queen City Parkway is without phone and computer service today after a fiber connection to the building was cut, according to a city spokeswoman.

The jobless rate now tops ten percent in four Gainesville area counties... Barrow , Dawson , Jackson and Lumpkin .

The City of Gainesville is seeking a state permit to build its $3-million pedestrian bridge downtown spanning Jesse Jewell Parkway.

The Gainesville school board approved a $53.4 million budget Tuesday that includes pay cuts for all system employees including the superintendent, board members, teachers and bus drivers.

Gainesville school board members today approved the purchase of five new Bluebird buses to replace some of the buses damaged in a May 22 fire.

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, no, it's a crane. The heavy piece of machinery on the square in downtown Gainesville will become a part of the city's landscape for the next several weeks and is a sign of progress for the reconstruction of the Georgia Mountains Center parking deck.

What's Moss Robertson's miracle? Free enterprise. Robertson, president of the Automotive Group of Gainesville that sells Cadillac and Mazda vehicles, told 30 business people from Vietnam on Friday that the free market is essential in making his business a success.

A man suspected of robbing a woman in the parking lot of the U.S. Post Office on Limestone Parkway Thursday afternoon has been arrested, Gainesville police said.