The Head Start and Early Head Start programs in 20 north Georgia counties - including Hall - recently met full compliance from the federal Office of Head Start in Washington.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to begin an update of the water control plan for the drought-ravaged river basin that includes Lake Lanier.
The number of U.S. homes that slipped into some stage of foreclosure in 2007 was 79 percent higher than in the previous year, a real estate tracking company said Tuesday.
A much more patient-friendly MRI is now being used by Northeast Georgia Medical Center and hospital officials say it also offers the region's highest-precision readings.