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- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Gainesville, Georgia
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Hall County school board to mull $600,000 in air-conditioning projects
At Monday's meeting, The Hall County school board is set to consider some $600,000 in air-conditioning upgrades this summer.
Red Cross volunteers help storm victims in Tennessee
Gainesville Red Cross volunteer Gene Farley rolled into hard-hit Lafayette, Tenn., on Thursday to the sight of arbitrary devastation. "Trees knocked over, trees destroyed, laid flat," Farley said, describing what he saw after a devastating tornado touched down there 48 hours earlier. "Barns, basically nothing but kindling. Some houses damaged big-time, and right next to them homes that are not damaged at all." Farley and fellow volunteer Ward ...
Council asked to give Gainesville schools water bill break
YOUNG HARRIS - Sammy Smith, recently elected to the Gainesville City Board of Education, appealed to Gainesville City Council members Friday to help the city schools out with their weighty water bills.
Water restrictions are costing Gainesville
YOUNG HARRIS - There is no doubt water restrictions have resulted in a loss of revenues for Gainesville's Public Utilities department, but utilities officials told the City Council on Friday that they have a plan to keep their heads above water.
Gainesville City Council's to-do list
As Gainesville officials spent the past three days at a planning retreat, several issues came to the front of the agenda. Here is a look at some of the items city officials have put on the top of their to-do lists this year:
Second teen pleads guilty in Laurelwood molestation case
The second of two teen defendants in a molestation that occurred at the Laurelwood mental health treatment facility pleaded guilty Friday.
Photo in newspaper helps police nab bank robbery suspect
After allegedly robbing three Forsyth County banks in two weeks without any effort to disguise his face, David Ryan Stone might not have been surprised to see a surveillance camera image of himself when he picked up a local newspaper Thursday.
Pie & politics: Wauka Mountain supper a community tradition
Before he entered politics, Nathan Deal held the post of ticket salesman at the Wauka Mountain Chicken Pie Supper. While Deal doesn't list the job on his extensive resume, he doesn't miss the annual event, which has been held for 83 years.
Truck driver arrested in fatal wreck
A tractor-trailer driver from Butler has been charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal wreck Friday afternoon in Forsyth County.
Local hiker had scary brush with Hilton
Nancy Linkesh will never know how close she came to being Gary Hilton's victim.
Gainesville, Buford school leaders earn top pay
GAINESVILLE -- School administrators in Georgia looking for top pay need only look to North Georgia.
Hall County deputies hurt in pursuit
Two Hall County deputies sustained some bad bumps and bruises, but no broken bones, after they tumbled down a 35-foot ravine while chasing a fleeing suspect late Tuesday. Hall County emergency medical service workers spent about an hour hoisting wounded Hall County Sheriff's Deputy Corey Gilleland out of the ravine in a wooded area near Oliver Road in South Hall after the 11 p.m. incident, using a stretcher and basket ...
Gang members get sentenced to total of 76 years for involvement in drive-by shootings
Ernesto Reyes said he got the wrong house when he fired three shotgun blasts at a home in the Silverwood subdivision off Candler Road last August. Reyes, an acknowledged member of the BOE street gang, will have up to 24 years behind bars to contemplate the mistake.
Gov. Perdue eases water restrictions to give homeowners — and the landscaping industry — a reprieve
ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue threw a much-needed lifeline to Georgia's nursery and landscaping industries on Wednesday by easing watering restrictions on new landscape plants. Also on Wednesday, Perdue announced that the current moratorium on the filling of swimming pools, banned under the outdoor watering restrictions, will be eased. The state will allow limited filling of pools. The news on pools was welcomed by Melvin Cooper, director ...
Man arrested in ‘grow house’ case
One man has been charged and his son is being sought in connection with the Tuesday discovery of more than 800 marijuana plants growing in the basement of a North Hall home.
Articles by Section - Local
The Local Agenda: Gainesville to hold budget hearing for 2014
The Gainesville City Council is scheduled to hold a hearing on its 2014 proposed budget during tonight's City Council meeting.
Frozen food giveaway happening Wednesday
Caring Hands Ministries will hold a frozen food give away Wednesday in Clermont.
Gainesville City Schools projects increases in both revenue, spending
The Gainesville City School Board heard the final departmental budget presentations for fiscal year 2014 at its work session Monday night.
Hall planning board members narrowly deny commercial zoning request
Hall County commissioners will determine the ability of LL Farms to use its barn for special events after Hall County Planning Commission members narrowly denied the commercial zoning request.
Gender-based classes seem to be effective at Lyman Hall Elementary
Fifth-graders Brandon Murillo and Emilio Ochoa prefer not having girls around while they learn in class.
Work moving ahead for poultry lab in North Hall
Area and state officials, including Gov. Nathan Deal, gathered Monday in drizzle and cold to mark the start of construction on the Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network headquarters in North Hall.
Strawberries in season at Jaemor
Strawberries are ripe for the picking, if you can make your way to them through the mud and saturated ground.
Former Gen. Petraeus to serve on Camp Toccoa board
David H. Petraeus, the former four-star U.S. Army general who commanded coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, has agreed to serve on the Camp Toccoa at Currahee Board of Trustees.
Red Rabbit bus service faces pivotal week
The fate of the Red Rabbit fixed-route bus service may be decided this week as the city of Gainesville and Hall County are both expected to vote on an agreement to keep it operating.
Hot weather health tips
Here are some tips to help you deal with the summer heat wave.
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