Gainesville News

Gainesville-Maranatha Christian Academy hosted the first Eagles Fundraising banquet Friday night at Gainesville First Baptist Church with guest speaker Cal Thomas.

By Ashley Fielding and Jessica Jordan afielding@gainesvilletimes.com , jjordan@gainesvilletimes.com The few Gainesville voters who showed up at the polls Tuesday approved a referendum to directly elect who will represent the city as mayor, but weren't so sure about electing a school board chairman.

Hall County did it a year ago... now the City of Gainesville is moving to upaid, mandated furlough days.

Just over 1000 voters out of nearly 11,000 registered decided two Gainesville board of education seats and two non binding referendums on electing a mayor and board of education chairman Tuesday.

Gainesville City Council Tuesday night approved the rezoning of 129 land parcels on 28 acres to create the Fair Street Neighborhood Conservation District, with one exception.

A former county commission chairman from North Georgia was elected Wednesday to represent the 9th Congressional District on the State Transportation Board.

Gainesville's alcohol ordinances are likely to see another change this month as Gainesville officials continue to tweak the ordinances to make them less prohibitive to caterers and nonprofit organizations.

A 7-year-old boy re-enacted for police a fatal shooting he said he witnessed at a Gainesville public housing project, according to court testimony today.

Four people, all under the age of 18, face burglary charges after being arrested in Gainesville... the latest arrests in a string of burglaries plaguing homes on the city's northside.

A Regions Bank branch in Gainesville is one of 121 Regions branches that will close early next year.

More charges were filed this week against a former employee of a nonprofit agency accused of stealing money to pay for extracurricular activities for dozens of children.

Four people, an 18-year-old and three juveniles , are facing burglary charges after their arrests in connection with a break-in at a north Gainesville residence.

Question: What is the wording of the mayor referendum? Answer: Should the General Assembly enact legislation authorizing the City of Gainesville to select its mayor by citywide election? Q: If I vote for this, does that mean I will be able to elect a mayor next fall? A: Not necessarily.

Despite all the rain in recent months, construction at the site of Gainesville's future Public Safety Facility is going along just swimmingly.

The search continues for two men wanted for an attempted armed early Friday in Gainesville.

" Gainesville physician, Jack M. Chapman Jr., M.D., was awarded the 2009 Joseph P. Bailey Jr., M.D., Physician Distinguished Service Award at the Medical Association of Georgia's 155th House of Delegates meeting in Savannah on October 16.

A Gainesville business was evacuated Monday afternoon after a heating unit caught fire.

After attending five earlier farm shows, equipment sales manager Michael Sosebee is optimistic about the company's prospects at Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition.

Gainesville High senior wide receiver Tai-ler Jones made a big change in plans when he pledged a verbal commitment to Notre Dame on Sunday.

A 21-year-old Hall County murder defendant who was a 19-year-old mentally ill drifter when he murdered an Atlanta woman in Gainesville two years ago was sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison Friday afternoon in Hall Superior Court.