B.J. Williams

Marilane Brooks has been located and is safe, according to Gainesville police. Officers did not say where she was found.

The December unemployment report for the Gainesville metro area showed an increase in the jobless rate, an increase in first-time unemployment claims and a reduction in employed residents.

A Gainesville woman has been arrested after she reportedly shot and wounded a relative during an argument this week.

Hall County teachers who contract COVID-19 - or who have to quarantine because of COVID exposure - will be eligible for paid sick leave following a vote by the Hall County School Board Monday night.

Charges have now been levied against a Flowery Branch man, almost two months after he crashed his vehicle into another car on McEver Road, killing the young driver.

A Gainesville man was killed Sunday afternoon when his vehicle crashed in Jackson County.

A Jefferson man being held in the Clarke County Jail on unrelated charges has now been charged with murder in a shooting at an Athens apartment complex.

Gasoline prices increased in Georgia again this past week, although the increase was much more moderate than in recent weeks.

Travelers who plan to use Browns Bridge Road (SR 369) over Lake Lanier at the Forsyth-Hall County line next week may run into some delays.

For decades, Atlanta and North Georgia have been pulling water from Lake Lanier for drinking supplies, but now there's a formal contract in place with the federal government that allows access to the water for that purpose.