B.J. Williams

Finance authorities for the city on Friday morning announced plans to partially roll back the Gainesville's millage rate, which will mean an increase to the 2017 property taxes it will levy this year by 1.42 percent over the full rollback millage rate.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) announced Friday that work to replace a culvert underneath SR 11 in Jefferson has been postponed.

Hall County reports the second case of rabies in less than a week - and the sixth so far this year.

Once again, the Gainesville metro area has the lowest unemployment rate in the state of Georgia, according to the the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL).

Hall County's administrative offices, courts, community centers, landfill and libraries will be closed Monday, May 29 for Memorial Day.

A house boat was destroyed by fire at Holiday Marina in Buford late Tuesday night.

The Hall County Board of Education has approved a tentative budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and board members have set three public comment meetings for next month

Investigators with Hall County Fire Services said a small fire in a bathroom at Mt. Vernon Elementary School in North Hall County was intentionally set.

At Monday evening meeting of the Hall County School Board, Superintendent Will Schofield recommended Wesley McGee, the current principal at Habersham Central High School, to become the principal of Hall County's newest high school.

As the end of the current school year quickly approaches, state education officials are working to make sure students over their summer break don't lose too much of what they've learned during the school year.