Jerry Gunn

Gainesville City Council passed their FY2011 budget with two taxpayers leveling criticism for bringing a tax increase to property holders during a recession economy.

The Gainesville City School Board gave final approval to their FY 2011 budget Monday night; expenses were over revenues, but there was a big surplus this year.

One more public hearing and the Gainesville City Council is expected vote on the city's new budget which calls for a point-26 mill increase in the tax rate.

A Hall County bus driver and part time minister pleaded guilty in federal court in Gainesville Friday morning to the distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.

Flowery Branch City Council members had no problem passing their 2011 budget resolution Thursday night.

The Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint River Stakeholders convened their governing board meeting Thursday morning at Lake Lanier Islands, hoping to reach an agreement on water sharing

Gwinnett Medical Center Wednesday broke ground for its Heart and Vascular Center, a $33-million project set to open its doors in early 2012.

Gainesville/Hall County's Safe Kids Coalition Wednesday celebrated passage of Georgia's 'Seatbelts in Pick-up Trucks' law, but a local legislator who supported it said passing the measure this year was not easy.

South Hall Business Coalition members were told Tuesday morning that industrial development projects are beginning to "come off the shelf."

The Hall County School Board Monday night tentatively passed an FY2011 general fund budget which Superintendent Will Schofield said clearly reflects the impact of the recession economy.