Ken Stanford

Thanks to a tax break used to lure Disney filmmakers away from North Carolina to coastal Georgia, Harry Spirides figures his beachfront hotel raked in an extra $85,000 because Miley Cyrus spent a summer filming here.

The funeral for Cornelia Municipal Court Judge Steven Charles Adams, who was killed in an ATV accident Friday evening, will be held Monday.

There are 2,200 fire hydrants in the city of Gainesville, and over the next couple of months, firefighters will be busy flushing each one of them, making sure they are in proper working order.

Gov. Nathan Deal and technology experts from Intel and Microsoft are among the speakers for the 2011 Economic Development Summit set for March 16 at North Georgia College & State University.

This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the 1936 tornado which devastated downtown Gainesville and killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds.

There is a move underway in the state Legislature to increase the tax on a pack of cigarettes in Georgia by 68 cents.

Union leaders at Lockheed Martin Corp.'s massive plant in Marietta say that workers will vote Sunday on whether to strike.

Ninth District U.S. Rep. Tom Graves is recovering after breaking his ankle playing basketball against other Republican freshmen.

An Army Reserve unit from Gainesville which returned from Afghanistan last fall will get an official "welcome home" Saturday during a 2:00 ceremony at Lakewood Baptist Church on Thompson Bridge Road.

The company that owns a Jackson County factory that makes metal wall studs for commercial construction projects says the plant will shut down this spring, leaving about 60 employees without jobs.