Gainesville News

Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Merrianne Dyer will travel to Washington, D.C., next week, sharing information about collaborative educational methods that the system has implemented.

Featherbone Communiversity in Gainesville is planning to honor area craftsmen at the second Master Craftsmen Series event on Oct. 17 and is accepting nominations.

A teacher in the Gainesville City School System is one of Georgia's 2013 Master Teachers.

Water rates would increase by 3.5 percent for city water customers, which includes a large portion of Hall County.

Gainesville High's Grant Lasseter is currently tied for 14th after a first-round, 1-over par 73 on Monday in the Georgia State Golf Junior Championship at The Farm in Rocky Face.

General fund spending was set at $57.5 million, with revenues projected at $53.8 million and the fund balance, projected to be around $7.5 million, expected to make up the difference.

Gwinnett County residents gathered on Monday to remember an officer killed in the line of duty 20 years ago.

Atlanta city leaders are celebrating efforts to battle graffiti vandals. Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong presented a plaque to Atlanta Paint Disposal at the Department of Corrections on Monday.

The cast of an Atlanta sports radio show has been suspended after mocking a former NFL player who has Lou Gehrig's disease.

Wet weather is causing difficulty for Georgia farmers. The owner of Cedar Hollow Farm in Cleveland, Glen Cook, says the large amount of rainfall has made it hard to weed and do other essential field work.

A rabies alert has been issued for the Briarwood Drive area off Cleveland Highway in Gainesville after a rabid was found in a home there.

A man was arrested after allegedly shooting another spectator at a soccer game multiple times, killing him Sunday afternoon in Hall County.

Authorities say a spectator at a recreational soccer game was shot to death in a Hall County park.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners is considering new regulations for businesses that want to allow customers to buy or consume alcohol on their premises.

This year's deluge of rain has pushed off by nearly six months the completion date of the Ga.

A Community Housing Festival is scheduled for Saturday, June 22 from 9 a.m. until noon at Longwood Park in Gainesville.

Ralph Mills' hobby is portraying a Confederate Army infantry captain, with ancestors who died, were wounded and were captured at Gettysburg GAINESVILLE - Hall County living historians are preparing for a journey back into this nation's tragic, heroic and historic past - a journey to Gettysburg.

Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County will host car seat safety checks from noon to 3 p.m. today at Lakeshore Mall, 150 Pearl Nix Parkway, Gainesville.

On a sunny, steamy Friday morning, Glen Cook harvests kale while his wife, Caroline, picks beets in a nearby field.

Gainesville resident Luis Santos-Rivas took the Hall County Sheriff's Citizens' Academy as a curious new resident.