B.J. Williams

Let the campaigning begin! With the stroke of 12:00 noon Friday, qualifying for Georgia's July 31 primary came to an end.

Georgia's Ninth District Congressional race looks a bit different at the end of the qualifying period than originally expected.

Gwinnett County police have arrested one of their own officers and charged him with electronically furnishing obscene materials to minors.

Dawson County authorities worked a head-on wreck on Highway 136 about one-half mile east of Highway 9 Friday afternoon.

Even though he was able to make a surprise visit to his mom on Mother's Day, Hall County Marine Sean Adams has not been home for any length of time since his devasting injury in Afghanistan in February.

Republican Hunter Bicknell has decided he will not run for Georgia's newly-drawn 9th congressional district after all.

Warmer than usual spring temperatures have prompted Gainesville city officials to move up the date for collecting box fans for their annual "Beat the Heat" program, sponsored by the Gainesville-Hall County Senior Life Center.

Even though some in the audience had heard Brenau University President Ed Schrader talk about plans for the university's newest project in downtown Gainesville, not everyone with interest in the downtown area had been able to ask questions about that vision until Tuesday night.

Mitt Romney swept the Kentucky and Arkansas Republican presidential primaries Tuesday, inching closer to the GOP nomination he is certain to win.

A Hall County Superior Court jury has returned a guilty verdict against Lynitra Ross in the murder of Richard Shoek in north Hall County on February 14, 2010.