Ken Stanford

An American Legion Post plans a fall event reaching out to homeless veterans in the Gainesville area.

The funeral will be held today for a 64-year-old Gainesville businessman active in the building industry since he was 17.

Federal Public Assistance (PA) - aid to local, county and state agencies - has been approved for eight more Georgia counties affected by the tornadoes, storms and flooding on April 27-28.

In ceremonies that concluded Saturday morning, Brenau University conferred 771 degrees on 750 undergraduate and graduate recipients this weekend

There are new faces on the boards that govern the operation of Northeast Georgia Medical Center and its affiliates.

U.S. Rep.Paul Broun (Ga-10) announces that an eighth student from the 10th Congressional District has received an Offer of Appointment to a U.S. service academy.

One of the most powerful political posts in Georgia is decided, not at the ballot box, but by a few thousand party loyalists who'll gather at the state Republican Party convention next week in Macon.

Former state Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Joe Tanner is under fire in some circles for criticism of a proposal to raise the level of Lake Lanier by two feet.

Three men from Gainesville have been named to 2011 USA Canoe/Kayak
Sprint World Cup Team.

A wildfire that's scorched more than 25 square miles in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge has crept within less than a mile of the swamp's western boundary, where the blaze poses a growing risk of escaping to threaten private timberland and communities near the Georgia-Florida line, officials said Friday.