Jerry Gunn

A Mid-October fall break but no start-up after Labor Day is in the offing for next year's Hall County school calendar.

Second graders at Jones Elementary School in Chicopee Woods got an early morning break from class Thursday morning to observe October as Fire Prevention Month in a fun way.

Hall County school board members got assurance Wednesday there is enough fuel to run the buses at least through next week, but field trips are something else as northeast Georgia continues to struggle with the ongoing fuel shortage.

It's Oct. 1, it's a bright blue sky day and there was music on the Gainesville square; that must mean it's time again for the Blue Sky Concerts.

This year

For the ninth year, friends and family of Jacqueline Elaine Nix gathered at her grave site at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Gainesville at sunset Monday evening to remember her and hope for closure in her unsolved murder.

United Way of Hall County grew a new arm to reach for community support Monday afternoon with the formation of the Young Leaders Society on the square in downtown Gainesville.

United Way of Hall County grew a new arm to reach for community support Monday afternoon with the formation of the Young Leaders Society on the square in downtown Gainesville.

Gainesville Rotarians heard Monday that at least 19 percent of Hall County

Gas shortage or no gas shortage, moms and dads and kids enjoy a fall festival, and they turned out Saturday to see and enjoy Jaemor Farms Harvest Festival Saturday in north Hall County.