Ken Stanford

Record high temperatures were posted in several places in Georgia Wednesday, including Gainesville.

The Rev. Bob Marrone was pained to see the steeple of his 137-year-old church shattered and strewn on the grass in the central Massachusetts town of Monson, yet he knows he's more fortunate than some of his neighbors who lost their homes after tornadoes tore through the state, killing at least four people, damaging buildings, uprooting trees and shattering lives.

Federal scientists could revise their estimate of how much water Florida's Apalachicola River needs to prevent the deaths of an endangered mussel, a development that could give Florida more legal leverage in a long-running water dispute with neighboring Georgia.

Groups that oppose Georgia's new law cracking down on illegal immigration say they plan to file a lawsuit challenging the measure.

Three people were taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center following the collision of a Good News at Noon van and a dump truck on the southside of Gainesville about noon Wednesday.

With a month to go before Georgia's law cracking down on illegal immigration enters into effect, law enforcement agencies are working to determine how it will affect them.

The Odyssey of the Mind team from Davis Middle School in Flowery Branch is back from the World Finals with the third place trophy.

The funeral service will be held today for a Cleveland man, Tim Whelchel, who died after being shot and critically wounded during a domestic dispute in White County last week.

Voters in Athens won't have a chance to vote on Sunday sales of alcohol in stores until next year.

Nearly hidden by brownish sand, the Kemps ridley sea turtle digging furiously with her back flippers as she carved out a flask-shaped hole to lay her eggs wasn't aware of the excitement she was generating among the scientists, volunteers and beach-goers watching from a distance.