Jerry Gunn

Developer Wendell Starke wanted to make it clear Thursday night at the Hall County Commission meeting that his gift of 74 acres of Cool Springs LLC property was a gift, simply that, and nothing more with no strings attached and no ulterior motives.

Hall County Commissioners broke ground Thursday morning on the $12-million North Hall Community Center on Nopone Road,saying it was time to move forward on a long awaited project.

In the face of a court challenge on bond financing, Hall County Commissioners Wednesday said yes to Chairman Tom Oliver's call for alternate back-up funds to buy a property for a new county administration building.

Another Hall Area Transit route begins service to Oakwood Monday; that word Tuesday at a Metropolitan Planning Organization meeting at the Georgia Mountains Center.

Voting in Hall County in today's runoffs appears steady and heavier than it during the July 20 primaries.

Oakwood City Council Monday night gave the go-ahead on a major 2-million project to connect to the Braswell city sewer system after deciding a contractor's bid was not unbalanced, according to City Manager Stan Brown.

Republican gubernatorial runoff candidate Nathan Deal ended a long flying day Monday at Lee Gilmer Memorial airport in Gainesville and was once again greeted by waving, cheering banner waving fans yelling "Nathan, Nathan, Nathan!".

It is the first day of school for seven Northeast Georgia systems; Gwinnett opened seven new schools Monday and in Gainesville, an innovative new high school opened at Woods Mill Academy, the former middle school.

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said Sunday in Gainesville he came to support former Congressman Nathan Deal's election bid for governor, not lay any foundation for a possible presidential campaign in 2012.

Last March a Hall County National Guardsman came home from Afghanistan to find his rural East Hall County home on Coker Road burned. Friday morning he learned he is getting new house from Habitat for Humanity.