B.J. Williams

Ahead of the April Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board meeting, City of Gainesville planning staff members have approved a rezoning request for a project on the site of the current Tower Heights Apartments.

The Gwinnett County Board of Assessors said it mailed approximately 283,000 annual Notices of Assessment to residential and commercial property owners on Friday, April 5.

Just before Christmas, it appeared Engine 209 might be removed from a small park area on the outskirts of the downtown Gainesville square, but according to a statement released by the city Thursday, the engine is staying where it is.

A North Carolina man accused in several crimes in South Hall County this week has a criminal history in his home state.

A standoff that began when two Georgia police officers were shot and wounded has ended with a 16-year-old boy and a pregnant woman killed by a gunman who then killed himself, authorities said.

Two people have been arrested in the abuse of a baby boy.

HB 649 and HB 650 both passed the legislature on the final day of the 2019 legislative session.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has quietly signed a wide-ranging elections bill authorizing the purchase of new touchscreen voting machines that print a paper ballot.

Congressman Doug Collins of Gainesville told members of a House Judiciary subommittee it's time to make some changes in the program that governs the hiring of temporary agriculture workers who are not U.S. residents.

Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that the Georgia Mountains region grew its labor force and number of employed residents in February.