Lula News

The Hall County Board of Commissioners meets today at 5 p.m. in the Georgia Mountains Center.

Some water customers in the Lula and Gillsville areas received phone calls Tuesday telling them to boil any water that they consume.

Hall County Commissioners agreed Monday morning to set a precedent and help a city pave some streets, in this case streets badly in need of paving.

The body of a Lula soldier killed last week in Afghanistan will be brought home today.

Volunteers from four area churches gathered once again at the 35th Habitat for Humanity of Hall County building site to celebrate the ground breaking of a home for a Gainesville mother of three.

Georgia Army National Guard Major Kevin Michael Jenrette came home for the final time Saturday to Timber Ridge in North Hall County and an entire community came to say goodbye.

First Lt. Homer J. Wright took command of the 1230th Transportation Company of the Georgia National Guard on Sunday.

The City of Lula held a public hearing Tuesday evening, the only trouble was, nobody showed up.

A Lula college professor is feeling 'surprised' following a $52,000 lottery win.

Three Georgia Army National Guard Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 108th Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Squadron currently supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan were killed on Thursday, June 4. It's a heartbreaking loss the Georgia National Guard.

A former U.S. Army Ranger from Hall County, Maj. Kevin M. Jenrette, was killed in action Thursday while serving in Afghanistan, The Times has learned.

Georgia's Transportation Board said it has selected 41 projects, three of those in the Gainesville DOT district, valued at $138 million to be completed with federal economic stimulus money.

For more information about volunteering at, or signing your child up for Camp Braveheart, which is sponsored by Hospice of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, contact Jen Sorrells at 770-219-8888. By Brandee A. Thomas bthomas@gainesvilletimes.com As an adult, dealing with the loss of a loved one can be difficult.

It rained on Lulaa s 33d Annual Railroad Days Parade but that did not mattera the Northeast Georgia town held the parade anyway and the festival celebrating the citya s heritage went ahead as planned.

" Brenau University conferred 785 undergraduate diplomas and graduate degrees in its two commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday - " 182 from the Brenau Women's College and 603 from the Evening and Weekend College and Online College of the institution.

A consultant to Hall County's Vision 2030 planning program said the county is making great strides in reaching some of its community goals for the next 21 years.

"A very rare heirloom. Gorgeous iceberg with copper-hued leaves surrounding a green to white inner head.

Elementary school students from four schools in Gainesville and Hall County received a lesson in gardening Wednesday morning during Junior Master Gardener's Day sponsored by Hall County Master Gardeners.

A Hall County State Court Jury Tuesday began deliberating on an entire week of evidence and testimony in the case of a Gainesville nerosurgeon accused of medical mal-practice. Former Hall County Sheriffa s deputy Randall Scroggs and his wife from Lula allege Dr.

Essie Hixon Ransby We respectfully announce the passing of Mrs. Essie Hixon Ransby, of Newnan, Georgia on April 13, 2009 at Vista Care at Wesley Woods in Atlanta.