Ken Stanford

Funeral services will be held Friday for Bill Jones, a former member of the Clermont City Council.

As four Georgia public school districts near the end of a five-year commitment to an innovative school governance experiment, a new book offers the first account of how that work began from those on the front lines.

Police in Texas say it's not clear how many people remain trapped in the rubble after a fertilizer plant explosion that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 others.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits increased just 4,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 352,000.

A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a "train wreck."

A New Hampshire lawmaker apologized Wednesday for referring to women as "vaginas" in an email to his House colleagues during a debate over repealing a law allowing people to use deadly force to defend themselves.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's political comeback already hinged on persuading conservative voters in the state's Lowcountry to forgive him for past infidelity and political mistakes. Now he'll have to do it with his ex-wife accusing him of repeatedly trespassing in her home.

The first meeting of the city of Gainesville's new Transportation Focus Group will be this afternoon at 5:30 at the Fair Street Neighborhood Center.

Work on converting the old Georgia Mountains Center (gmc) into the Brenau Downtown Center is in full swing.

A Mississippi man accused of mailing letters with suspected ricin to national leaders believed he had uncovered a conspiracy to sell human body parts on the black market and claimed "various parties within the government" were trying to ruin his reputation.