B.J. Williams

Just three days after COVID hospitalizations at Northeast Georgia Health System reached the same number as the first peak in cases, hospitalized patients now number the same as the second peak.

Georgia's top elections official wants to amend the state Constitution to say only U.S. citizens can vote in the state's elections.

Carlton Harry Colwell, a Northeast Georgia businessman and longtime Georgia legislator, died Monday following an extended illness.

The planning and development staff for Hall County likely will get another 90 days to complete a study on commercial kennels and agri-entertainment businesses.

The search for a new county manager in White County is apparently over. On Tuesday, the White County Board of Commissioners announced Joseph "Joey" Cason has been named the sole finalist for the position.

The Hall County Sheriff's Office has closed its north, south and Lula precincts to the public as COVID case numbers rise across the region.

Pilgrim’s Gainesville is partnering with Good News Clinics and the Northeast GA Latino Chamber of Commerce for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic that gives participants the chance to win a year's supply of meat.

Hall County School Superintendent Will Schofield said he understands parents are concerned about their children contracting COVID. However, he told school board members Monday night the intense focus by national leaders on COVID cases is one-dimensional, when students are facing a number of more serious health issues.

Because of rising COVID cases in the community, officials at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville have decided to postpone the Sandy Beaver Entrepreneurial Leadership Award dinner scheduled for this Thursday.

A former Hall County school bus driver has been arrested on charges of child molestation and other offenses involving the ongoing sexual abuse of a teenage girl.