B.J. Williams

Hall County's school system learned this week that its emphasis on rigor is paying off; five Hall County high school graduates are now Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars for this year.

A national professional publication has picked Brenau University as a great place to work, and one long time employee says she is not surprised.

The Maysville City Council has authorized the city attorney to draft an ordinance for the sale of beer and wine by the drink in the city's restaurants.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. says it will idle chicken processing plants in Georgia and Alabama that employ almost 1,000 people total.

A federal minimum wage increase that takes effect Friday could prolong the recession, some economists say, by forcing small businesses to lay off the same workers that the pay hike passed in better times was meant to help.

A Gainesville man is in jail charged with cocaine trafficking and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.

Longtime Hall County businessman Wilbur F. Ramsey has died.

Hall County is reporting its 13th case of rabies so far this year

When Maxey Ladd traveled to Uganda, Africa earlier this year on a mission trip, little did he realize one of the children he met would be coming to the United States and living with him on a temporary basis.

The body found in a wooded area between Buford and Suwanee Wednesday night is that a man and had been wrapped in plastic, according to Gwinnett police.