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ATHENS- Georgia Bulldogs football coach Kirby Smart announced Saturday that running back Zamir White injured his left knee in practice Saturday.According to Smart, White was covering a punt when the injury occurred."Zamir was on punt coverage and it was a non-contact injury,” said Smart. “We don’t k

Messages were coming in — about one every four hours — to Derreck Booth, spokesman for the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.They were messages from the community “begging” the sheriff’s office to take part in a trend that’s been sweeping the nation’s law enforcement: a lip syncing challenge.After a chal

Johnny Edgar Vickers, 42, of Flowery Branch has been missing for five months according to his family.

Old Joe stands in the center of the downtown square of Gainesville, Ga. Called Old Joe by locals, the soldier wears a belt buckle emblazoned with the initials "CSA" for Confederate States of America and boasts a plaque declaring he is dedicated to "Southern Convictions." (AP Photo/The Times, Paula

GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- The battle over Confederate statues continues in Georgia. Now, a famous statue in Hall County is under scrutiny, but organizers to a protest on Saturday believe they have a solution that can solve the controversy.The preparation for the protest lasted longer than the protest itse

The attorneys for a woman incarcerated at Arrendale State Prison in Alto said she laid on the floor of a segregation cell “not eating” and “verbally unresponsive for three days.”The state of Georgia agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by attorneys for Mollianne Fischer, who is now

Authorities have arrested two people in connection with what they are calling a “father-daughter drug operation” that allegedly supplied large amounts of marijuana and MDMA to the north Forsyth area.Daniel McGregor Williams III, 51, and Morgan Christina Williams, 17, both of Cumming, were arrested l

Investigators with the Johns Creek-Alpharetta-Forsyth County Drug Task Force on Wednesday raided the family's home in the Quail Hollow community, as well as a storage unit. Deputies seized 2 pounds (0.9 kilograms) of marijuana, 87 colorful MDMA pills (otherwise known as "Molly" or ecstasy), and $22,

Gainesville officials are working on two initiatives, a land bank and adjustments to the city’s property maintenance regulations, part of efforts to improve housing conditions and neighborhood blight.The city’s community development director, Rusty Ligon, said city staff are working to determine exa

“Beyond the five men named in this suit, we want the Boy Scouts, the churches and institutions that are their chartering organizations, and the leaders they select, to focus on protecting our children rather than protecting those accused of sexual abuse,” says attorney Darren Penn, representing the

Environmental groups, including the Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, are celebrating a federal judge’s ruling in South Carolina on Thursday that the Trump administration did not properly seek public input when it suspended protections designed to thwart waterway pollution.The ruling is likely to be appeal

3:51 P.M. |The NWS says the storm that prompted the warning is weakening below severe limits, and is exiting the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire at 4P.M.. However heavy rain is still possible with this thunderstorm.

HOMERVILLE, Ga. — Authorities are investigating a case of possible arson after an explosion at a Georgia coffee shop sent three people to the hospital.The Georgia Department of Insurance said it happened Friday, Aug. 17 at the Coffee Corner shop in Homerville.The intensity of blast collapsed several

*"One Gainesville" community pep rally, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 6:00-8:00, at Bobby Gruhn Field at City Park. Food, music, games, and free admission. Meet the Gainesville High School athletic teams.

DAHLONEGA, Ga (WXIA) - A Georgia teacher accused of grabbing a student by the throat and slamming him onto a lunchroom table appeared in court on Tuesday, claiming the student initiated the attack.

Representatives from RLR Architects and Carroll Daniel Construction presented drawings for the proposed facility, which will replace the temporary trailers currently used for JROTC purposes. Dewayne Roof, with RLR Architects, explained that the ROTC building will be two-stories tall, equipped with e

A year after a nonviolent protest against “Old Joe,” the confederate statue in the center of Gainesville’s square, another demonstration is set for Saturday, Aug. 18 at 11:30 a.m.The monument, erected in 1909 by the Gen. James Longstreet Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, sits on ab

For many months, there’s been construction activity on the north end of Cleveland’s downtown square, and White County residents have ...

This week, city of Cumming Mayor Troy Brumbalow and his son, Zach, delivered a Lightning McQueen Power Wheels car to Forsyth Central High School for more than just child’s play.The car was delivered to the school’s engineering program on Wednesday for students to get an inside understanding of how i

BUFORD, Ga.- Some kids want a bounce house, others maybe a Barbie dream house, but one young Georgia boy wanted something different for his birthday -- Waffle House.