Ken Stanford

A nearly 500,000-square-foot shopping center is planned at Limestone and Jesse Jewell parkways in north Gainesville.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin swept into Georgia, headlining a get-out-the-vote rally for Karen Handel on the eve of Georgia's hotly contested Republican runoff for governor.

9th District Congressman Tom Graves has suspended his campaign schedule in the wake of a golf cart accident at a weekend fundraiser near Gainesville that left four people injured.

The interim fire chief in Barrow County is not mincing words over plans to close one fire station and lay off a number of people in the fire department.

Former U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal kicked off a seven-city barnstorming tour of the state in Atlanta Monday morning, calling himself the only Republican who can defeat Democrat Roy Barnes in November.

Three soldiers based at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega are facing charges of aggravated assault after grenade simulators were tossed at a crowd in Dawson County.

Thousands of children across Georgia are heading back to school this week.

Karen Handel said Sunday night she would endorse Nathan Deal - the man she has blasted as "a corrupt relic of Washington" - if he won the Republican nomination for governor.

Georgia's newest congressman is positioning himself among the most conservative House members working to rein in the federal government, even if that means voting against a ban on selling videos of women crushing animals with high-heeled shoes.

Karen Handel holds a narrow lead over Nathan Deal in Georgia's Republican gubernatorial runoff, according to a new poll released Sunday.