Oakwood News

Hall County suffered about $800,000 in storm damage, county Fire Chief David Kimbrell told county commissioners at their meeting Wednesday.

The population of the six cities and towns in Hall County beat the growth rate in the state over the past 12 months, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Hall County Commissioners got a cost and damage update on last weekend's flooding Wednesday afternoon from Emergency Management Director and Fire Chief David Kimbrell, and learned the deluge was near historic proportions.

Today's severe weather has led to the closure of several roads in Hall and Gwinnett counties as a high volume of standing water continues to accumulate on roadways.

Charles "Charlie" Kilpatrick, 82, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2013. He was the son of the late Bryant Whitfield and Marie Kilpatrick.

Oakwood City Council voted Monday night to apply for a grant to help pay for a sewer system that would serve an apartment complex where a septic drain field has been failing for years.

Horn players for The Southern Gentlemen Dixieland Jazz Band - from left, Richard Hunt on trombone, David Hunt on clarinet, and Evan Jones on trumpet - play Friday during the First Friday event on the Gainesville downtown square.

BURGLARY CHARGED: On April 28, a deputy was dispatched to Allen Road, Commerce, for a 911 hang up call.

Ramon Morgan, 32, is charged with rape, sodomy, aggravated sodomy, sexual battery and abuse, neglect or exploitation of a disabled or older adult, Oakwood Police Chief Randall Moon said.

State and area officials, including Gov. Nathan Deal, gathered this morning to mark the start of construction on the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network headquarters in the future Gateway Industrial Centre off Ga.

While construction is rolling along on most of Ga. 347 in South Hall, the last link of that project - between McEver Road and Lake Lanier Islands - is in the throes of design.

The publication examines student-teacher ratio; college readiness, as judged on the number of students taking and passing Advanced Placement exams; and average proficiency in English and math, based on performance on state exit exams.

Hall County is working to wrap up right-of-way acquisition at Flat Creek Road in Oakwood and Gainesville Street/Jim Crow Road in Flowery Branch.

A new support group in Oakwood aims to provide information and encouragement to people who care for loved ones in their home.

Hall County commissioners said Wednesday night they will not take a second vote to accept federal money to continue operating the Red Rabbit fixed-route bus service.