Ken Stanford

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 10 percent in March, down two-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 10.2 percent in February.

The cause of Sunday morning's fire on Forrest Avenue in Gainesville was caused by a damaged service line running into the house.

There is more water in Lake Lanier now than at any time since early last May.

A section of I-85 southbound in Jackson County has reopened after being closed because of an early morning wreck.

Regulators have shut down another six banks in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota and Mississippi, boosting the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 34.

A well-known Hall County businessman and musician has died.

A group of people calling themselves religious pilgrims is participating in a weeklong walk through north Georgia, calling for an end to what they say are dehumanizing policies and rhetoric on the issue of illegal immigration.

As Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal worked late on one of the waning days of 2011 legislative session, he got hungry.

The Newtown Florist Club hosted a prayer vigil Saturday, calling for the re-location of the Blaze Recycling plant because of the noise and air pollution the environmental justice group says is caused by the plant in a mostly black part of Gainesville.

Hours after Georgia lawmakers voted to replace most of the leaders of the state's problem-plagued public defender system, the group - which included Gainesville attorney Wyc Orr - met on Friday to vent during a bittersweet final meeting.