Gainesville News

Some dogs are already in new homes since being seized May 16 in an animal hoarding case, with the rest being prepared for adoption.

A neighbor had complained about the animals, so Animal Control officials went to the home on Bogus Road in Gainesville to find 67 dogs running loose along with two guinea pigs.

The population of the six cities and towns in Hall County beat the growth rate in the state over the past 12 months, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Both high school principals in Hall County, Coleman at Flowery Branch and Mance at Gainesville, purchased cottages in their hometown of Clayton.

North Hall will host Cartersville in the Class AAA baseball state championship series, beginning with a doubleheader at 5 p.m. on Saturday in Gainesville.

Hall County commissioners heard two budget requests for 2014 at their meeting Wednesday afternoon from the Hall County Library System director and Superior Court clerk.

The Gainesville City Council is moving ahead with a study to determine the feasibility of a new convention center and hotel in the northeast Georgia city.

A group from Germany will be visiting Hall County on Wednesday, looking to learn about American cultural life and political issues but particularly immigration.

The Eastern League announced on Monday that Binghamton Mets outfielder Cory Vaughn had been named Player of the Week for May 13 through May 19.

A boil water advisory issued following a Gainesville water main break in Flowery Branch Sunday morning affects only 18 homes at this point.

A section of Lake Lanier near Van Pugh Park at Flowery Branch following Sunday morning's rain.

Flowery Branch is moving toward a fiscal 2013-14 budget with the tax rate remaining the same, but with local option sales taxes remaining an unknown factor because of an ongoing dispute between Hall County and the cities.

Hall County and Gainesville, on behalf of all the county's municipalities, each submitted their offers on the distribution of local option sales tax revenue Friday morning to visiting Superior Court Judge Frank Mills.

Gainesville Exploration Academy second-grader Helen Johnson and her classmates enjoys a pizza party Friday afternoon as students celebrate the last day of school.

Saying now is the right time, Gainesville City Council appears ready to move forward with the formation of a land bank authority.

Atlas Pizza, a long time downtown Gainesville restaurant, announces the purchase of the two-story, 32,000-square-foot 'Treasures for your Home' building at 305 Bradford Street.

Recent highly-publicized differing opinions between the City of Gainesville and Hall County were conspicuously absent as City Manager Kip Padgett and County Administrator Randy Knighton briefed the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Wednesday morning on the effect that impact fees are having in their respective jurisdictions.

The Gainesville High School Broadcast Journalism class has teamed up with Benita Sanders of the school's media center and with the system's technology department to stream live coverage of the graduation ceremony.

According to Americanprogess.org , many startling and disparaging statistics still plague people of color.

The following individuals were arrested and booked into the Barrow County Detention Center from May 10 through May 14, 2013: Gerardo Avalos, 1687 Parkhill Drive, Gainesville, was booked into the jail on May 10.