Ken Stanford

Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday that most illegal immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the border, an assertion critics slammed as exaggerated and racist.

Regulators have shut down banks in Florida, Georgia and New Mexico, lifting to 86 the number of U.S. bank failures this year.

A Gwinnett County jury has convicted a former Duluth police officer accused of shooting another officer and attacking a woman while drunk in 2008.

Authorities have now released the names of the three people who died in a one-vehicle crash near Buford Thursday night, and police think alcohol and speed may have been factors.

Governor Sonny Perdue Friday announced the names of 131 teachers who have earned the “Master Teacher” certification this year, a designation based on appreciable gains in student achievement.

A stuck accelerator is being blamed for a wreck west of Gainesville Thursday night that left four people injured.

Blue Bird Corp. says it will close its bus plant in Lafayette Aug. 30, putting about 350 people out of work.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is assuring Hispanic political leaders from around the country that the Obama administration is committed to overhauling federal immigration laws.

One person was killed in a one-car wreck early Friday in Jackson County.

An early morning fire damaged a house in Clermont Friday but there are no injuries.