Ken Stanford

Student performance is rising and the achievement gap is closing in the majority of grades and content areas on Georgia's Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT).

A Marietta pastor has been named president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Americans showed far less appetite to buy new homes last month after the government stopped offering a homebuyer tax credit. The news signaled a renewed housing slump that threatens the broader economy.

It's been just over a week since Tom Graves was sworn in as U.S. Representative from Georgia's 9th Congressional District and this week he is getting his committee assignments.

A state agency has approved plans to rebuild the Georgia Theatre, and work already has begun to restore the longtime music venue in Athens.

The state's newest four-year college is opening its first residence hall.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the planning director for Forsyth County has been placed on leave while officials review the appropriateness of some of his e-mail.

The Jackson County Commission wants the county listed as a federal recovery zone.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners Tuesday discussed holding a non-binding referendum on merging the city and county fire departments.

A Gwinnett County judge will hear arguments in an attempt to keep a Hall County judge from hearing a suit filed by Clermont against the Hall County Commission over the North Hall library.