B.J. Williams

The Gainesville Kiwanis Club honored a Gainesville businessman and a Chestatee High School senior with its top awards at the club's annual banquet Tuesday night.

The latest fallout from a racist video involving Oklahoma fraternity members is a ban on hoop skirts at University of Georgia social events.

Dawson County authorities confirmed one person was killed in a fiery crash on Highway 52 Tuesday afternoon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud Party scored a resounding victory in the country's election, final results showed Wednesday, a stunning turnaround after a tight race that had put his lengthy rule in jeopardy.

A key Senate committee on Tuesday approved significant changes to a bill aimed at raising $1 billion for Georgia's transportation needs.

Leslie Frierson has been named the new principal at Gainesville's Centennial Arts Academy.

Banks County authorities say the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is checking into a reported altercation between Banks County Commission Chairman Jimmy Hooper and a local resident.

Even though Gainesville City Schools lost six days of classroom time because of snow days in February, there will be no changes to the school calendar.

A memorial service is scheduled for former Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Beverly Hall.

State Rep. Allen Peake said Monday he will make a pitch to a powerful Senate committee later this week to meld two widely-divergent medical marijuana bills passed by the upper and lower chambers of the General Assembly.