Ken Stanford

Home prices are falling in Atlanta and most other major U.S. cities, and the average prices in four of them are at their lowest point in 11 years.

The Winder City Council has changed its mind and won't allow people to keep chickens and ducks in residential neighborhoods after all.

Officials in DeKalb County say that 82 firefighter recruits have been laid off in the wake of budget cuts.

The Gainesville School Board begins the next step in the process of tearing down and rebuilding Fair Street school today.

A Georgia House committee on Monday took up a Senate bill aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration in the state and substituted the text of a more comprehensive House bill.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners will host a meeting this week of all taxing authorities in Hall County to discuss the 2011 tax digest. Meanwhile, county officials are reminding property owners that Friday is the deadline to file for a tax exemption for the current tax year.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Georgia death row inmate who was given a rare chance to argue his innocence but failed to convince a federal judge that he was wrongly convicted of the 1989 murder of a Savannah police officer.

Georgia Tech picked Dayton coach Brian Gregory on Monday to rebuild its beleaguered basketball program, which fell on hard times after reaching the national championship game in 2004...

More strong storms began moving through north Georgia early Monday as damage assessment continued after this weekend's outbreak of severe weather.

The Hall County Board of Education will be asked Monday night to consider designating Friendship Elementary Elementary School a "school of choice" as part of a new campaign to reduce childhood obesity.