Ken Stanford

The amount consumers owed on their credit cards in this year's second quarter dropped to the lowest level in more than eight years as cardholders continued to pay off balances in the uncertain economy.

Tifton area authorities are warning motorists that theives may be stealing credit card numbers using gas pumps.

Suwanee property owners are waking up this morning to a decrease in their property tax rate.

George T. Smith, a veteran Georgia politician and jurist who served at the heights of all three branches of Georgia's government and continued practicing law long after he left public office, has died at the age of 93, his wife said.

A federal agency says 380,000 pounds of possibly tainted deli meat products sold in sandwiches at Wal-Mart stores have been recalled by a food company in Buffalo.

Entering auto cases are at an all time high in Gainesville, according to Gainsville Police Officer Joe Britte.

Officials with the state Department of Agriculture say they continue to inspect grocery stores and food warehouses for any eggs that have been recalled in a national salmonella outbreak but so far, they've found nothing.

Hall County plans to proceed with the development of North Hall Park - other than the library and community center - as it awaits a final court ruling on the matter.

Hall County Superior Court Judge C. Andrew Fuller has issued a temporary injunction halting construction of a new North Hall Library and Community Center on Nopone Road.

Better monitoring of activities in city parks is on the agenda for Tuesday's Suwanee City Council as is consideration of a plan aimed at cracking down on speeders.