Bryan Pirkle

The Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services announced earlier this week that a new educational building has been completed on the campus of their Fire Academy.

Chad Black, Hall County Deputy Fire Chief, says the current batch of recruits for the Hall County Fire Department is on the larger side, with 31 trainees in the program.

Two deputies with the Pickens County Sheriff's Office were shot late Saturday night while responding to a domestic dispute call in the northwest part of the county.

Two public hearings are scheduled next week and the week after for the rezoning of just over 73 acres of land in the Braselton town limits.

Damages from a fire at a house in the Murrayville area have been placed at around $150,000, according to Hall County Deputy Fire Chief Chad Black.

The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments Tuesday in a case involving a Forsyth County company that buys foreclosure properties.

The Jackson County Public Safety Agency (JCPSA) has contracted a new system to provide emergency notification services to county residents.

Despite initial reports that only one Hall County deputy was shot during a Barrow County standoff Friday afternoon, The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) now says that two deputies were injured during the incident.

The first annual Alive! Festival, a "non-profit wellness and green-living festival," will be held in Suwanee later this month.

A complaint from Flowery Branch police officers has prompted city council members to consider a new ordinance to regulate outdoor drop boxes for clothing and other items.