Jerry Gunn

Gov. Nathan Deal has signed legislation that would create a panel to study Georgia's criminal justice system with an eye toward overhauling the state's tough sentencing laws.

Flowery Branch City Council got some disappointing news from City Manager Bill Andrew during their Thursday night regular session.

It looks like Flowery Branch is going to have its first digital electronic billboard sign.

The Easter Bunny, the Easter Chicken, and young visitors from Challenged Child and Friends in Gainesville all joined in for the Second Annual Lanier Village Estates Easter Egg Hunt Wednesday afternoon.

Gainesville City Council Tuesday night emerged from an hour long closed door session on land acquisition with a resolution that cleared the way for expansion of the Gainesville water system.

Hall County Planning Commissioners approved a dance hall featuring live jazz and a church day care center during their brief meeting late Monday in Gainesville at the Georgia Mountains Center. Planning staff recommended approval for both applicants.

Confederate Memorial Day once again brought members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, authentic living historians and spectators to Redwine United Methodist Church in Gainesville Sunday.

The Dawson County Tea party

Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich Saturday at the 9th District GOP Convention in Cumming repeatedly blasted the Obama Administration as socialist and failure on every front.

American Civil War artist Mort Kunstler is no stranger to Georgia. His prolific work is a permanent fixture at the Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, just up I-75 from Metro Atlanta, but a new exhibit has brought in more of his work.