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Gainesville-based Thumbs Up Mission hosted its 24th Cancer Family Retreat in November, serving 86 families currently battling cancer. The retreat at Great Woof Lodge in LaGrange served a total of 384 individuals, and saw 261 volunteers. The weekend aims to provide families with healing, laughter and community. The...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Hall County, GA – Drivers across Northeast Georgia are facing major travel disruptions today after a serious traffic incident shut down multiple lanes on Interstate 985 near Friendship Road. According to...

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Investigators are working to determine what sparked a fire that destroyed a Flowery Branch home Sunday evening, displacing a family of five. Firefighters responded to the 4200 block of Burgundy Way around 7:15 p.m. on Dec. 21. When crews arrived, they found heavy flames coming from the front of...

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A neighbor dispute escalated into gunfire in the area of Belvaird Drive and Sugarloaf Pkwy in Gwinnett County Saturday evening. Officers from the Eastside Precinct responded to the scene where, upon their arrival, the suspect fired several rounds into the air. When officers attempted to make...

A man was arrested in connection with a shooting that killed a 70-year-old man and the man’s dog in a park, Hall County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday.

In the fourth annual Toys 4 The Nawf event, metro Atlanta rapper Offset brought good cheer and Christmas spirit to families in Gwinnett County.

LILBURN — Archer head coach Keith Jannett had a reminder for his wrestling team heading into Saturday's Gwinnett County tournament at Berkmar High School. “I told our kids earlier today that if you’re going to win the tournament, third place is how you win the tournament,” Jannett said. “Not only the third-places,...

A Hall County school bus was involved in a wreck Friday afternoon on Sardis Road. According to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), they responded at around 5:30 p.m. near Antioch Campground Road just outside of Gainesville to investigate a two-vehicle crash. An eyewitness post on Facebook by Rachel Chick Mckinney...

A longtime Hall County planning commissioner and current candidate for Hall County Commission District 3 has now issued a statement amid allegations he and other planning commissioners violated the Georgia Open Meetings Act. Stan Hunt issued the statement on social media Friday morning, asserting that he did not...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Gwinnett County police are crediting persistence and teamwork after an officer spent nearly an hour working to reunite a lost elderly woman with her family earlier this fall. What we know:. Officer Voss with the department’s Behavioral Health unit was dispatched on September 12 after a...