Ken Stanford

Amtrak service south of Washington is facing disruptions today after a coal train derailment in Virginia Thursday.

Private employers added new workers at a weak pace for the third straight month, making it more likely economic growth will slow in the coming months.

Atlanta Gas Light wants a three percent rate increase.

Hall County government offices will be closed Monday for another mandated, unpaid furlough day.

Pro Kevin Hawk of Ramona, Calif. is the leader after day one of the Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Lanier and an angler from Gainesville is in sixth place.

The idea of an income cap is being floated in order to save the HOPE scholarship.

The Hall County School System is putting into place a number of safeguards as students prepare to return to school Monday and the prolonged heat wave continues.

Eight high school students at a band camp were treated for heat exhaustion as a sweltering heat wave continues across Georgia. Meanwhile, authorities in Tennessee and Mississippi attribute at least 13 deaths to the heat wave that's gripping states from Texas to New York.

Initial requests for jobless benefits rose last week to their highest level since April, a sign that hiring remains weak and some companies are still cutting workers. Meanwhile, another economic report shows only modest gains in retail sales in July.

The Civil Air Patrol will continue searching for a missing helicopter in north Georgia today.