Gainesville News

Joe S. Hatfield, co-founder, president and CEO of Fieldale Farms, died June 21 at Northeast Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness.

Imagine a department established to protect Gainesville residents and their property.

This evening, the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra treated a star-spangled audience to patriotic tunes at the annual Patriotic Pops Concert at the Brenau University Amphitheater.

The Lula post office was formally renamed in honor of Pfc. Johnathon Millican during a ceremony this morning.

A Gainesville man has been indicted for causing a deadly wreck on Interstate 85 that killed three members of a Lawrenceville family and a limousine driver.

It has become an annual ritual: The White House tries to balance the federal budget by cutting Medicare payments to doctors, and at the last minute, Congress manages to get the cuts rescinded.

Nature was captured in miniature Monday at Elachee Nature Science Center's Inspired by Nature day camp.

The first of three planned hearings on a $6.1 million rate increase for Atmos Energy began this morning before the Georgia Public Service Commission in Atlanta.

It looks like Hall County schools will meet the standards of "adequate yearly progress" for the first time since the federal No Child Left Behind Act began, educators said.

Gainesville City Council Tuesday night agreed to buy land in the city for the new public safety building.

Dr. W. Michael Stoy, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Gainesville State College in Gainesville, Ga., was named as president of Middle Georgia College in Cochran today by the Board of ...

Bridges owned and maintained by local governments in Georgia are more likely to be structurally deficient than those managed by the state, according to an audit released Friday.

The unemployment rate in the metro Gainesville area rose to a preliminary 4.7 percent in May, up five-tenths of a percent from a revised 4.2 percent in April, the Georgia Department of Labor reported today.

Police are on the lookout for two men they say are suspected in the attempred robbery of a cab driver overnight.

Gainesville's sales tax collections have declined significantly due to the slowing economy, City Manager Bryan Shuler told City Council members today.

Is there more than one 'Agnes'? For decades, there has been a popular ghost story about Agnes, the Brenau University ghost who resides in Pearce Auditorium.

Some days it was freezing cold outside the blankets. Other days, students just might not have felt so good.

Gainesville High School principal Mike Kemp appears headed to the Glynn County school system, where he will become assistant superintendent.

Heavy rain, wind and hail were reported Sunday afternoon as a severe thunderstorm system tore through northern Hall County and much of North Georgia.

The good news: Gas prices in Georgia are no longer at a record high. The bad news: The average gallon of regular unleaded still costs more than $4 a gallon in the state.