Ken Stanford

Three northeast Georgia schools are finalists for A $5,000, no-strings-attached top prize in a national contest sponsored by Windsrtream.

The Homeland Security Department is reporting that about a third of 130,000 criminal immigrants removed from the U.S. last year committed crimes involving dangerous drugs.

Bond is set at $200,000 each for two of three soldiers charged with tossing grenade simulators into a crowd of people in Dawsonville.

Georgia's gubernatorial hopefuls both say they oppose building a mosque near ground zero in New York City.

Smartsoft International Inc. today agreed to settle a dispute with the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) concerning an investigation into the company

Employers appear to be laying off workers again as the economic recovery weakens. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November.

Worshippers gathered for services at Chestnut Mountain Church took time to remember church members David and Carolina Bellino, who were injured in a plane crash in Colombia.

Overhead Door Corp. says it's closing its plant in Athens and moving the work to a facility in Pensacola, Florida.

The number of jobs that were lost in Gainesville between July 2009 and last month totaled 1.5 percent of the work force... biggest percentage loss in the state. Meanwhile, the state's unemployment rate is down.

A new poll suggests most Hispanic immigrants are hopeful about life in the U.S. despite growing support for tougher immigration laws.