All lanes of Athens Highway at Gaines Mill Road reopened around 3:30 Monday afternoon after the four-lane was shut down because of an accident involving a dump truck.
Shoppers jammed stores from Gainesville to Buford before dawn Friday to grab discounted TVs, toys and the hard-to-find Nintendo Wii, for the official start of the holiday season.
Flowery Branch got into the holiday spirit tonight Thursday night with its first Thanksgiving Christmas Tree Lighting behind the historic train depot hosted by Better Hometown.
The new head of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) was in Hall County Tuesday morning and appealed to local officials to help meet the transportation challenges facing the state.
Gainesville School Board members instructed Superintendent Steve Ballowe Monday night to give them a job description for a system wide athletic director.