Hall County News

It's one of the largest proposed developments in the Gainesville area to come along since the the economic downturn began.

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.

In a move designed to cut costs and increase safety for employees and the public, Hall County compactor sites will close two hours earlier Monday through Saturday.

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

Weeks after a reported lion sighting in north Georgia, a Jackson County woman says her horse was killed by a big cat.

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

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.

"Rather than spraying it on fields, it's treated to the highest levels and we send it back into the landscaping areas," Hall County Commission Chairman Tom Oliver said.

A crash on the Commerce bypass killed a Hall County man and left two others with serious injuries.

Six Hall County teens are among 197 youth set to graduate for the Fort Stewart Youth Challenge program on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. at the Macon City Auditorium located at 415 First Street in Macon.

An Oakwood man was arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine after authorities got a tip that the man was buying unusual amounts of ingredients that can be used to make meth.

A suspected burglar is in jail and another is on the run after Hall County authorities interrupt a burglary in progress at McEver Elementary School.

A man who died after diving off a bridge into Lake Lanier on Monday has been identified as William Maddox of Gainesville.

Five Hall County high school seniors are named Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars for 2009.

A Gainesville man who pleaded guilty two months ago to unauthorized practice of law has been arrested for allegedly impersonating an attorney again.

Hall County Commissioners voted Thursday night to supply badly needed water service to a south Hall community even if it means getting that water from neighboring Jackson County and ignoring a state law that forbids duplication of services.

The man accused in the May 11 burglary of Oakwood's Maranatha Christian School was charged today with a church burglary that occurred 10 days later.

Officials with the Oakwood Police Department said they will make an arrest Tuesday afternoon in connection with the break-in at Maranatha Christian Academy last month.

South Hall sewer users could avoid the high sewer rates proposed by the county earlier this year.