B.J. Williams

An investigation is underway into the embezzlement of $150,000 from a historic Gainesville church.

Officials with Brenau University announced Wednesday a probable case of pertussis - also known as whooping cough -that cropped on the Gainesville campus more than a week ago.

Opening arguments began Tuesday in a Dothan, Alabama courtroom in the trial of a Hall County woman in the death of her infant son.

North Georgia Congressman Doug Collins and six congressional colleagues have demanded a more detailed explanation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on planned fee increases for dock and facility permits on several Southeastern U.S. lakes.

Jury selection has begun in the trial of a woman charged in the death of her 6-month-old son, whose body was found last summer in a motel room freezer in Alabama.

Hall County School District officials have spent the last five years assessing the school buildings and other system facilities and now they have unveiled a 10-year facility plan that comes with a $258 million price tag.

Hall County's administrative offices, courts, community centers and libraries will be closed Monday, Sept. 2 for the Labor Day holiday.

Labor Day is quickly approaching and gas prices for the holiday weekend are lining up to be the lowest in the last two to three year years.

The Georgia Department of Transportation has designated more than $1.6 million for improvements at one of the busiest intersections in Gainesville.

When the clock struck midnight, some 20,000 AT&T workers across the Southeastern United States walked off the job in protest over contract negotiations.