Ken Stanford

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of eight southern states - including parts of north Georgia.

The House has adopted a measure renewing unemployment benefits for people who have been without a job for at least six months.

The American military death toll in Afghanistan reached 1,000 at a time when President Barack Obama's strategy to turn back the Taliban is facing its greatest test.

In 2007, the latest year for which figures are available, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) generated almost $900 million in revenue for the local economy according to a report by the Georgia Hospital Association, the state's largest hospital trade association.

Two Gainesville men reminisced Thursday about their brief associations with Art Linkletter who died Wednesday.

Hall County offices closed Monday and Tuesday... Monday for Memorial Day and Tuesday for an unpaid furlough day.

Gwinnett County police say they have broken up a theft operation that targeted coils in exterior air conditioning units across the county, with nearly 100 known victims so far, including ten Buford area churches.

The economic rebound last quarter turned out to be slower than first thought, one of the reasons unemployment is likely to stay stubbornly high this year. However, jobless claims dropped another 460,000 last week.

BP hoped to know as early as Thursday afternoon if a stream of mud will finally end its Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a five-week disaster that was putting other U.S. offshore drilling projects on hold as far away as Alaska.

The Lumpkin County High School history teacher, at the center of a controversy involving an incident at the school last week, has returned to the classroom.