Ken Stanford

Weather experts said it's unusual for deadly tornadoes to develop a few weeks apart in the U.S. But what made the two storm systems that barreled through a Missouri city and the South within the last month so rare is that tornadoes took direct aim at populated areas.

Crime levels fell across the board last year, extending a multi-year downward trend with a 5.5 percent drop in the number of violent crimes in 2010 and a 2.8 percent decline in the number of property crimes.

New tests have found that the DNA of former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn matches material found on the shirt of a Manhattan hotel maid who says he attacked her, two people familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press.

The race to fill the post being vacated by Hall County Tax Commissioner Keith Echols has its first announced candidate.

A federal appeals court has tossed a $3.6 million verdict against a former sheriff who sent out a barrage of leaflets that falsely painted one of his critics as an ex-con.

They're not buying it. Most Americans say they don't believe Medicare has to be cut to balance the federal budget, and ditto for Social Security, a new poll shows.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will be replacing the overhead traffic information sign on I-985 near Rabbittown Tuesday.

Nearly every state in the union decided to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of federal action on the issue. More than half considered Arizona-style enforcement measures.

Law enforcement in Georgia today will be kicking off the annual 100 days of summer H.E.A.T. (Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic) campaign.

All lanes of Georgia Highway 9 at Perimeter Road in Dawson County have reopened after being closed early today after a car hit a horse.