Ken Stanford

Preparing for political life after a bruising election, President Barack Obama will put greater emphasis on fiscal discipline, a nod to a nation sick of spending and to a Congress poised to become more determined to stop him.

Final plans are being made for the opening of the new Gainesville Public Safety Building (PSB).

The Rotary Club of South Hall County is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Drought conditions have eased in northeast Georgia over the past month.

As the home construction industry continues to struggle to recover from the recession, there's word of plans for another new subdivision in Hall County.

Roll up your sleeve. Arm yourself against influenza. The Hall County Health Department is holding a special flu shot clinic Tuesday.

A two-year-old tax provision that allows Georgians to make donations to private schools in exchange for tax credits is putting millions of dollars into scholarship programs.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has begun using a federal information sharing capability in Hall and Whitfield counties that helps the agency use biometrics to identify aliens present in the United States, both lawfully and unlawfully, who are booked into local law enforcement's custody for a crime.

A member of the Georgia House is under fire for comments he made at a candidates forum about how the U.S. should handle illegal border crossings from Mexico.

Retail sales posted a third monthly increase in September as solid gains at auto, furniture and hardware stores helped to offset weakness at clothing and department stores.