Gainesville City Schools will host a summer meal program open to the public through June 28 at Gainesville Middle School. The program is funded through the U.S. Department of Education's School Nu...

June 04, 2013 | Carly Sharec | Local

Deal ‘ready to spend’ state funds to deepen harbor

Gov. Nathan Deal said Tuesday he's willing to use state money to start deepening the Port of Savannah's busy shipping channel without waiting for funding from Washington as long as the federal gove...

June 04, 2013 | Associated Press | Local

Blood drive to honor disaster victims

The Hall County Sheriff's Office is teaming up with the North Georgia Detention Center and the American Red Cross to host a blood drive to honor victims of natural disasters both close to home and ...

June 04, 2013 | Emma Witman | Local

Braves beat Pirates on Simmons' 10th inning double

ATLANTA - Andrelton Simmons hit a game-ending double off Mark Melancon in the 10th inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 5-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Melancon (1-1) walk...

June 04, 2013 | By Charles Odum Associated Press | Atlanta Braves

North Hall grad finishes Clemson track career with degree, some of program's best times

Three years is all it took for Ty McCormack to leave a lasting legacy as a great distance runner at Clemson University. After graduating early with an international business degree - Language and ...

June 04, 2013 | Bill Murphy | Staff sports picks

Bitzer celebrates expansion in Oakwood

Bitzer celebrated its newest Oakwood facility on Tuesday, with company leaders guiding tours through a warehouse where compressors for refrigeration and air conditioning are manufactured and holdin...

June 04, 2013 | Dana Towns | Business

Retired band conductor celebrates 90th birthday

The Sounds of Sawnee Concert Band recently surprised one of its longest standing members with a birthday celebration. This wasn't just any birthday, however. William Prescott, who has been an act...

June 04, 2013 | By Crystal Ledford crystalledford@forsythnews.com | Life top stories

Suspect charged with murder in fatal shooting

A man was shot and killed Monday evening in the parking lot outside the Peppers Market off E.E. Butler Parkway in Gainesville. Adiren Lamont Thompson, 37, of Gainesville was shot in the midabdomen...

June 04, 2013 | Shannon Casas | Local

Flowery Branch named fastest growing city in Hall County

Flowery Branch is Hall County's fastest-growing city, expanding 2.7 percent between July 2011 and July 2012, according to recently released census statistics. According to City Manager Bill Andrew...

June 04, 2013 | By Dana Towns and Lisa Laskey The Times | Local

An eXtreme eXperience: Summer camps focus on career offerings

"Do you feel nourished?" That's what rising seventh-grader Christina Antoci asked Adrianna Silva after wiping toner from her face Monday. Christina and Adrianna, a rising eighth-grader, had just f...

June 04, 2013 | Alana Swain | Local

The Local Agenda: Gainesville City Council has full agenda

City Council members are scheduled to consider several items at their meeting this evening. On the agenda are raising city water and sewer prices, adopting a West Gainesville-Hall County opportunit...

June 04, 2013 | Sarah Mueller | Local

Taxi driver shot in hand during fight

A Gainesville man was charged with using a gun with a filed-off identification number after a man was shot in the hand outside the J&J Foods on Jesse Jewell Parkway just before midnight Saturday. ...

June 04, 2013 | Shannon Casas | Local

Former Gainesville star Hefflinger tearing up Carolina League

Robby Hefflinger can't single out any one reason why he has so thoroughly dominated the Carolina League this season. The former Gainesville High baseball standout and current Lynchburg Hillcats le...

June 03, 2013 | Jared Putnam | Staff sports picks

Georgia Tech eliminated with 7-1 loss to Vanderbilt

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Philip Pfeifer threw five scoreless innings and Xavier Turner drove in three runs to lead No. 2 overall seed Vanderbilt to a 7-1 victory over Georgia Tech in an NCAA regional cha...

June 03, 2013 | Associated Press | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Medlen ends skid, Braves beat Pirates 7-2

ATLANTA - Kris Medlen stuck to his game plan through the longest losing streak of his career: Keep games close and give Atlanta's powerful offense a chance to come through. Finally, the lineup sho...

June 03, 2013 | Associated Press | Atlanta Braves

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