Gainesville, GA

(Cleveland)- Authorities are pursuing leads on three suspects who they say were involved in a burglary at Straight Shooters, a gun and ammo store in Cleveland. Just before five AM Friday morning, Cleveland Police Officers responded to an alarm call at the business located on South Main Street. Cleveland Police...

Gainesville Police say they have pulled a man’s body out of Lake Lanier. The man’s name has not yet been released. Gainesville Police responded to Lake Lanier off Pearl Nix Parkway for an accidental drowning. An adult male was recovered from the lake. The identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. This is not related to the ongoing search at Lake Knickerboker.

Local police are working with state and federal agents to find who stole an untold number of firearms from a Cleveland gun and sporting goods store. The theft occurred early Friday, June 24, at Straight Shooters on South Main Street. Officers responded to an alarm call just before 5 a.m.,...

152 acres of land have officially been purchased by Green Brick Partners, Inc. for the $400 million Sawnee Village development project(Image by The Providence Group) (Forsyth County, GA) 152 acres of land have officially been purchased by Green Brick Partners, Inc. for the $400 million Sawnee Village development project. The sale of the property closed in early June.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on June 24 to celebrate the completion of the Cumming City Center(Image by the City of Cumming) (Forsyth County, GA) On the morning of Friday, June 24, a vision became a reality for Mayor Troy Brumbalow, as the ceremonious ribbon was cut at the Cumming City Center.

There is a heads up for drivers in Jackson County, where the Georgia DOT has closed County Road 229 Valentine Industrial Parkway in Jefferson for bridge repair work. The DOT says it’s not known when the road will reopen. From the Ga Dept of Transportation…. WHAT: Georgia Department of...

ATLANTA — Georgia penalized water systems this week in Gainesville and in Coweta County for dumping raw sewage into creeks and waterways. The state says two million gallons of raw sewage ended up in Lake Lanier in a spill that happened in 2020. State records show that two million...

A Madison County man was seriously injured after crashing the motorcycle he was riding into the back of a sport utility vehicle at 80 mph Wednesday afternoon while fleeing from Habersham County deputies. Robert Brown, 45, was being pulled over for speeding at Level Grove Road in Cornelia when he...

ATLANTA – A Georgia-based shoe company plans to reinvest into an existing facility that will create about 340 new jobs. Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Okabashi Brands Inc., a Georgia-based shoe company, will create approximately 340 new jobs as they reinvest in their existing facility in Gwinnett County and grow.

The future of healthcare in Lumpkin County and the anchor of the Gateway Corridor is now officially under construction. Hundreds of people, community leaders, healthcare workers and project members gathered Thursday to break and bless the ground at the future campus of Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Lumpkin. “This hospital...

Have a romantic picnic this weekend.Photo/Eventbrite) (Forsyth County, GA) There are plenty of things to do around Forsyth County during the first official weekend of summer, including a date night event that doesn’t require planning, musicals and a car race like you might not have seen before. Here’s this week’s Fun in FoCo roundup:

Pamela Bish of Dacula, Georgia, is getting ready to become a live organ donor and give one of her kidneys to her youngest son.

A new addition to this year’s 2022 Georgia Police and Fire Games in Gainesville is the Medic Challenge, held Thursday morning at Lanier Technical College. Three teams, one from Hall County and two from Gainesville Fire Department, competed in three skills scenarios where they put their everyday treatment knowledge into practice.

OAKWOOD — The Johnson boys soccer team already claimed their second state title in four years last month, taking a come-from-behind, 4-2 win over St. Pius in the Georgia High School Association Class 5A championship match at McEachern Stadium. Earlier this week, the Knights were officially proclaimed one of...

There is a signing ceremony set for 10 o’clock this morning in Gainesville: officials from Athens Technical College and Brenau University will put pen to paper on an agreement that will allow Athens Tech students to transfer credits from their associates degrees in interior design toward bachelor’s degrees in the same program at Brenau.

Area residents may soon have a new place to grab chicken for the family and gas for your car. As neighbors on Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville, Zaxby’s restaurant and Clipper convenience store are aiming to open around the same time — late July. The two will even...

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has long been a sports hero in Gainesville, and like many other such heroes, he has been honored with a street that bears his name. In Feb. 2017, the city renamed the 180-foot road that leads into the Gainesville High campus from Pearl Nix Parkway — Touchdown Way became Deshaun Watson Way.