B.J. Williams

Music, food and dancing will combine to benefit the Gainesville community at the Annual Charity Ball on Saturday, Dec. 8.

While Monday's announcement about the new inland terminal in Hall County for the Georgia Ports Authority got most of the attention, Gov. Nathan Deal also told local business leaders about plans for another new business in the area.

Two teenagers from Blairsville have been arrested in a Fannin County murder.

An Alto man who was allegedly driving under the influence has been charged with striking a pedestrian with his vehicle, leaving the man on the side of the road suffering from serious injuries.

Republican Chuck Eaton has been re-elected to a third term on Georgia's utility regulating Public Service Commission.

Heath Migliore owns his own tattoo studio, but during the Christmas season, his artwork adorns the windows of dozens of local businesses.

A man died early Saturday morning while trying to save his parents from a house fire in Lilburn, firefighters said.

All 700 students at Chicopee Woods Elementary School in Hall County got an early Christmas present Friday - a copy of the book "The Magician's Hat" and a visit from the author, former University of Georgia football player Malcolm Mitchell.

With a visit to The Academy Child Development Center in Oakwood on Friday morning, Georgia's first lady Sandra Deal completed school visit number 1,000.

Georgia's 9th District Congressman Doug Collins is set to take the top GOP spot on the House Judiciary Committee.