Ken Stanford

The company that runs the immigration detention center in Gainesville has been awarded a contract by the Georgia Department of Corrections to manage up to 1,150 male inmates in the CCA Jenkins Correctional Center.

Consumer prices posted a small rise in August, but outside of a big jump in volatile gasoline prices, inflation was essentially flat.

The third large drug seizure this week in Hall County netted about eight ounces of cocaine and the arrests of three Gwinnett County men.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy Barnes said Thursday Georgia voters deserve full transparency and suggested his Republican opponent is not providing it.

Lakeshore Mall in Gainesville has a new owner: Coyote Management, L.P. and Garrison Investment Group of Addison, Texas.

The City of Lula is offering a reward for some vandalism to its sewer system which resulted in a sewage spill.

Another black bear sighting in Northeast Georgia... this one in Commerce.

Georgia lost 27,000 jobs in the past 12 months.

More than 20 pounds of marijuana was confiscated with the arrests of two Conyers men in Oakwood.

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits dropped slightly last week to its lowest level in two months. Meanwhile, wholesale prices rose last month for the second straight month.