Ken Stanford

Braselton police now say an argument between a 15-year-old girl who shot and killed her mother Wednesday night preceded the shooting and that a 17-year-old friend of the girl's has been arrested for having sex with her.

The Pendergrass Flea Market has established a fund to help the vendors affected by last weekend's devastating fire and will provide a 100 percent match to all contributions. In the meantime, plans are moving ahead to reopen Saturday.

If you have federal jury duty in Gainesville, Rome, Atlanta or Newnan next week... you won't get out of it if the federal government shuts down tonight.

The Hall County Board of Tax Assessors has hired Gainesville native Steve Watson as the new Chief Appraiser. Watson begins work on Monday.

Rising demand for corn from ethanol producers is pushing U.S. reserves to the lowest point in 15 years, a trend that could lead to higher grain and food prices this year.

A White County Grand Jury is recommending changes in the way the county commission is elected.

As Republicans scramble to rework the plan to overhaul the state's tax code, critics say the latest version leaves a $220 million hole in the budget - creating more problems than it would solve.

A First Amendment battle is being waged in the federal appeals court in Atlanta by a former Forsyth County sheriff who claims a barrage of leaflets that falsely painted one of his critics as an ex-con was politically protected free speech.

Hall County Commissioner Craig Lutz has approached the City of Flowery Branch about operating the county's South Hall sewage plant.

A Habersham County woman has been ordered to prison for embezzeling more than $350,000 from the Hall County business where she worked after pleading guilty to the theft.