Ken Stanford

One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods.

Over the past few months, the staff at Hall County 911 has been working to implement a program county officials hope will save the lives of many.

Fire destroyed a house on Ransom Free Road in North Hall early Saturday.

The Detroit Shock beat the expansion Atlanta Dream 88-76 on Friday night in the Dream's home opener but Gainesville's Tasha Humphrey saw limited action in front of the Atlanta crowd.

Kenny Rogers has put his Buckhead home up for sale for $7.95 million and is headed back to northeast Georgia.

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a four-car wreck in Oakwood early Saturday.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says agents have arrested more than 900 people in California on immigration violations during a three-week sting targeting people who ignored deportation orders.

The case against Donald Poland, the man accused of killing 69-year-old Max Baggett of Gainesville during a home invasion earlier this month, has been bound over to Hall County Superior Court.

Documents obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that the state Department of Education knew last July that thousands of sixth-and-seventh graders were headed toward failing a mandatory social studies test (the CRCT).

This is it - the final day of classes for the Gainesville and Hall County school systems.