Ken Stanford

A new, online-only graduate degree program in criminal justice at North Georgia College & State University is aimed at those already working in the law enforcement field and students interested in entering the field.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits nationwide fell sharply for the second straight week, suggesting the job market is slowly recovering.

Firefighters are trying to block the progress of a fire in the Okefenokee Swamp by burning vegetation it could use for fuel.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 9.9 percent in April, down one-tenth of a percentage point from a revised 10 percent in March. But first-time claims for unemployment insurance were up.

For the third year, Gainesville High School will confer three honorary high school diplomas to Gainesvillians who are not graduates of GHS and who have had a positive impact on the community.

A multi-agency, mass casualty search-and-rescue exercise was held on Lake Lanier Wednesday morning.

A rally is planned in downtown Gainesville Saturday by groups opposed to recently enacted immigration legislation in Georgia.

A metro Atlanta lawmaker is forming a legislative sub-committee to try to find strategies for dealing with the fallout from this week's ruling striking down the state Charter School Commission.

Even a delivery of imitation illegal drugs to undercover drug agents can land you in jail as 23-year-old Rashard Stozier of Decatur found out Tuesday.

Gwinnett County police have released the name of the man who was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in North Gwinnett Tuesday night.