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Gainesville police are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store on Park Hill Drive this morning.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations that a former Gainesville police officer abused one of the department's dogs by using electric shock on the animal.

A former Gainesville police officer is accused of doing the unthinkable to a police dog he was training.

A 20-year veteran with the Hall County Sheriff's Office has been arrested for molesting a 3-year-old girl.

Want to know how your child's school and grade level fared on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests? Check out Sunday's edition of The Times for scores.

Approved an amendment to the city's alcoholic beverage license ordinance to allow caterers with pouring licenses to serve alcohol at functions where they are hired to serve food.

David Brinson, a fourth grade teacher at Fair Street IB World School in Gainesville has been selected to attend the 2009 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, N.J. Brinson is one of 200 third- through fifth-grade teachers from around the country selected to attend the intensive one-week, all-expense ...

Gainesville officials are uncertain about the fate of the holly tree in downtown Gainesville following a fire that left a section of the tree singed and brown.

An estimated 1,000 July 4th weekend music lovers filled the space at the Brenau University Amphitheatre Friday evening for the annual performance of a Patriotic Popsa by the Gainesville Symphony Orchestra.

The Gainesville 9 & 10-year-old Little League All-Star team defeated the Oconee County National All-Stars 11-0 in 4 innings in the opening round of the District 10 tournament in Bogart on Friday.

Bulldog pride was the topic of conversation at Tuesday's Kiwanis Club meeting in Gainesville.

Authorities in Georgia and Florida say they spent countless man hours investigating claims by a man who identified himself on the Internet as "catchmekiller," falsely claiming 16 murders including a south Georgia woman who disappeared almost four years ago.

The Georgia Supreme Court has reversed a Hall County medical malpractice case in which four Gainesville physicians were cleared of negligence, saying the jury should not have been given certain instructions about hindsight.

The Gainesville City Council voted today to appeal a judge's ruling handed down against the city last week in a suit filed by The Times.

The 12th rabies case for the year has been reported by the Gainesville-Hall Animal Control Department.

Gainesville Public Utilities Director Kelly Randall said the city utility is still moving forward with plans to provide water service to the residents of Belmont, despite Hall County's recent discussions with Jackson County water officials.

Gainesville officials violated the state's Open Records Act when they refused to provide The Times with information tied to an investigation of former City Manager Bryan Shuler, a Hall County judge decided today.

Building a pedestrian bridge, especially one that extends over a four-lane road, takes time and teamwork.

Two brothers, who escaped custody of a Gainesville police officer at the Hall County Detention Center Thursday night, remain at large.

A former Gainesville mayor was arrested last weekend on a charge of public indecency.