B.J. Williams

With the start of the work week following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Georgia Department of Transportation crews are ready to gear up construction projects around the region. That includes paving on SR 347/Lanier Islands Parkway.

Residents of Flowery Branch are being asked to give their opinions on the redevelopment of the city's downtown area.

One person was killed in an early-morning house fire in South Hall County, according to Hall County Fire Services Division Chief Zachary Brackett.

As promised, the Gainesville Police Department has extra officers patrolling the Dawsonville Highway business corridor for the start of the shopping season, and they've already made one significant drug arrest.

A Clarkesville man was killed in a single-vehicle traffic accident on Cannon Bridge Road (GA 105) in Habersham County on Friday.

As rain continues to periodically fall across Georgia, the level of drought is easing, slowly but surely.

After several months of investigation, the Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office has arrested 13 people on gang-related charges in Habersham County.

Hall County fire crews spent part of their Thanksgiving battling a fire in a vacant mobile home in the Flowery Branch area.

I've always admired those people who write a "gratitude list" for Thanksgiving or the people who post a new "thankful" entry each day on their Facebook pages. So, why can't I do that?

In the excitement of holiday shopping, it's easy to put safety on the back burner, but the Gainesville Police Department is hoping shoppers will take some precautions to protect themselves and their possessions this season.