Ken Stanford

The economy has slowed in several U.S. regions for the first time this year, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday.

The Hall County Democratic Committee is among the latest to weigh-in on the county's budget problems and tonight's budget hearing.

Civil liberties groups urged a federal judge Wednesday to immediately block Georgia's crackdown on illegal immigration from taking effect until a legal challenge is resolved.

Hall County's three-year-old World Language Academy is expanding by adding three grades.

The man who died in an early morning house fire Wednesday in White County has been identified as 27-year old James Rondell Brown.

A traffic accident about 12:30 this afternoon slowed traffic on Green Street on Gainesville's north side.

The City of Demorest has been awarded nearly $7 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for upgrades to its wastewater treatment plant and system.

A raging forest fire in eastern Arizona has scorched an area the size of Phoenix, threatening thousands of residents and emptying towns as the flames raced toward New Mexico.

Lawmakers on both sides of a battle over debit card fees used populist-style appeals on Wednesday as the Senate neared a vote on whether to block a Federal Reserve plan to lower the fees that stores must pay banks each time a shopper swipes a debit card.

The Hoschton City Council has voted to put the question of Sunday alcohol sales on the ballot in November.