GAINESVILLE, Ga. - Georgia officials have identified a man who drowned at a home on Lake Lanier over Fourth of July weekend. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources tells FOX 5 that around 7:30 ...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. - The Gainesville community is mourning the death of a firefighter and EMT killed in an accident over the weekend. The Gainesville Fire Department says Chandler Patterson was having ...

A rabid beaver bit a girl as she was swimming in Lake Lanier near Gainesville, Georgia, the first such attack in decades, officials said. Hall County Animal Control Field Supervisor Kevin Buecker told ...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A rabid beaver bit a young girl while she was swimming in a northeast Georgia lake, local news outlets reported. Kevin Beucker, field supervisor for Hall County Animal Control, ...

Aug. 16—A heavily wooded, somewhat isolated Gainesville peninsula is closer to being transformed into a busy residential community for retirees and older adults. Trees are being taken down and land is ...

Authorities said they recovered the body of a 17-year-old who drowned in Lake Lanier on Friday. The body of Cristofer Acosta-Farias of Gainesville was pulled out of the lake about 5 p.m., the Georgia ...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A Gainesville man who had been missing for nearly two weeks was found dead near Lake Lanier on Sunday, according to police. On Sept. 1, police found the remains of Kenneth Holland ...

A boat explosion Friday evening on popular Lake Lanier in Georgia left at least five people injured, officials said. Fire crews responded to reports of a boat explosion at about 7 p.m. ET to find a ...