Bryan Pirkle

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.

The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board is scheduled to hear two requests October 13 involving plans for new businesses.

Hall County public school officials are examining the idea of high school diplomas with denotation indicating students who are proficient in more than one language.

An Army Specialist from Buford died in Afghanistan on Monday as the result of non-combat-related injuries.

Georgia's Attorney General announced late last week that the state will participate in the 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back (NPDTB) event later this month.

A group of older teenagers stranded in the middle of the Chattahoochee River was safely recovered Wednesday evening by personnel from John's Creek and Gwinnett County.

The Gainesville Police Department is looking to donate some of its old uniforms to charity.

A Town Hall meeting will be held in the the North Hall area later this month, hosted by Hall County District 3 Commissioner Scott Gibbs.

Two Gainesville residents involved in a domestic dispute were arrested Thursday afternoon after they abandoned their baby on the side of a Rabbittown road.