Jerry Gunn

Hall Countians heard Wednesday from a global church leader who does not want churches to become museums.

Flowery Branch City Council members Wednesday said they did not like a new and unexpected water meter reading fee from the City of Gainesville.

You can still plant a garden, do landscaping or cut down a tree at your Gainesville home without paying a fee or submitting a project plan to the city's Planning Department, but for some minor land development, they still want you to call them first.

The Gainesville Kiwanis Club's Hope Foundation Tuesday announced plans to deal with the homeless school student problem in Gainesville and Hall County.

Gainesville Kiwanis Club members Tuesday learned a new group which got its start last year wants to get involved in solving regional water use challenges.

The thirteenth year of Gainesville's multicultural concert, 'Christmas is One Language', once again celebrated the city's diversity Sunday night at First United Methodist Church on Thompson Bridge Road.

You can tell when Christmas begins in Flowery Branch; there is singing at City Hall and the Great Tree lights up on Thanksgiving night.

For the 20th year on Thanksgiving Day in Gainesville, the Good News at Noon shelter made sure disadvantaged people had a good holiday meal.

That early Christmas present in downtown Gainesville arrived around 3 p.m. Tuesday: the long awaited Georgia Mountains Center Parking Deck with over 400 new parking spaces is now open.

Hall County Animal Shelter workers said Tuesday they hope to hear soon from the owner of a small dog that was brought to the shelter after he was struck by a car Saturday night.