B.J. Williams

The embattled Boggs Mountain Animal Shelter announced this week that it will close in October. Now, the challenge is finding homes for the animals that are housed at the shelter.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee traveled to Gainesville Thursday to raise money for a former political opponent.

A federal agency has issued an emergency bulletin to motorcoach companies about weight limits on tires following investigations into the deadly Megabus accident in Illinois and other crashes involving tire blowouts. One of those blowouts happened earlier this month on I-85 near Lavonia.

Authorities say two sheriff's deputies were killed and two other officers were wounded in an early morning shootout west of New Orleans.

A man convicted this week in the robberies of two jewelry stores in Gwinnett County apparently coordinated the crimes from his jail cell in south Georgia.

Seven American troops and four Afghans died in a Black Hawk helicopter crash on Thursday in southern Afghanistan, the NATO military coalition said. The Taliban claimed their fighters shot down the aircraft.

With consolidation procedures underway for North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College, administrators have announced admission and tuition plans for what will be the University of North Georgia.

Safe Kids Gainesville-Hall County, which is led by Northeast
Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), celebrated its accomplishments of the past year at its annual awards banquet held Tuesday at Riverbend Baptist Church.

The War Hill Park boat ramp and adjacent parking lot will close Thursday night through Friday night for an Army training exercise.

Young illegal immigrants are scrambling to get passports and other records in order as the Homeland Security Department starts accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get work permits.