Ken Stanford

President Barack Obama says he agrees that more control must be exerted over illegal immigration, but he won't accept ``a patchwork of 50 different states'' acting on their own.

Dangerously hot weather will continue across Georgia today.

Former candidate Kimbo Senter is supporting fellow Republican Bobby Banks is his re-election bid for Hall

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Law enforcement officers who patrol Interstates 85 and 985 in Hall and Gwinnett counties launched the latest enforcement wave of the Georgia TACT Program Monday.

A severe thunderstorm that raked Barrow County over the weekend left behind uprooted trees and downed utility lines - and emergency services workers who were overwhelmed at times with the number of calls they were getting.

President Barack Obama declared Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end "as promised and on schedule," touting what he called a success of his administration though it comes amid persistent instability and uncertainty in Iraq.

Gainesville man and one from Atlanta have been arrested in separate incidents at the same address that resulted in the confiscation of two pounds of marijuana.

State lawmakers are gathering in Atlanta to begin hammering out a plan to save the programs that get money from the Georgia Lottery from going broke.

The U.S. military has a plan to attack Iran, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday, although he thinks a military strike is probably a bad idea.