B.J. Williams

Gainesville City Councilwoman Ruth Bruner confirmed Saturday that she will run for re-election to her Ward 5 post.

Metro Atlanta school officials have voted to fire a teacher accused of letting students have sex in a storage closet in his classroom.

One swimming beach is open but another remains closed in north Georgia after U.S. Forest Service officials found elevated levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the water last Saturday.

A University of Indianapolis basketball player, who played high school ball at Milton High School in Alpharetta, has drowned after officials say he fell into an Indiana reservoir without a lifejacket.

A late night fire in east Hall County destroyed a double-wide home, and Hall County fire officials said neighbors heard a series of explosions just before the fire erupted.

Investigators recovered multiple guns as well as a fake training gun from the empty model home where police said a Georgia sheriff shot and critically wounded a woman, according to law enforcement documents.

Forecasters are warning of thunderstorms and high winds in parts of north and central Georgia.

Investigators have arrested a new suspect in the 2002 death of a college professor in Swainsboro.

The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday morning that the unemployment rate for Northeast Georgia dropped for the month of April, and once again, the Gainesville Metro posted the lowest jobless rate of any metro in the state of Georgia.

A new Natural Resources Manager is on the job at the Elachee Nature Science Center in Hall County.