Jerry Gunn

Hall County remembered her 1998 tornado victims at a memorial service Thursday in Clermont, 10 years after the storm took their lives.

Health professionals and the public heard Thursday that it's true: Laughter is the best medicine.

It was a day of remembrance Thursday morning at North Hall High School for the tornado of March 20, 1998 that struck north Hall County.

Those troublesome Feb. 6 Flowery Branch City Council minutes remained unapproved and unofficial Wednesday; the vote was 3-2 to keep them off record.

The Gainesville Kiwanis Club presented its highest honor Tuesday night to baseball Hall of Famer Phil Niekro.

Georgia

The coordinator of Georgia's Adopt-A-Stream program said Tuesday in Gainesville that out of 70,000 streams and rivers in the state, only a fraction are actively cared for and monitored by volunteers.

The City of Gainesville hopes to have its new industrial park ready for occupants by early next year. City council gave final approval to annexation, zoning and rezoning of the site on Barber and New Harvest Roads Monday morning.

Gainesville School Board Chairman David Syfan said Monday night that the board would wait until May to decide if a raised crosswalk should be installed at Enota Elementary School as an additional safety measure.

Gainesville State College students Monday heard opinions from three Iraq War veterans as the conflict approaches its fifth anniversary.