Ken Stanford

State human services officials will use more than $200 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as an incentive for private- and public-sector employers to hire 20,000 Georgians this summer.

A public hearing will be held Thursday on plans for two alcoholic beverage referendums in Habersham County.

A funeral service is scheduled in north Georgia for former state Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband, with current members of the Legislature planning to attend.

Former Congressman Nathan Deal's bid for governor is likely to suffer political fallout from allegations by Congressional investigators that he violated ethics rules, according to University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock but its hard to gauge the extent of the damage.

A 2-year-old boy was hit by a pickup in the driveway of a house in West Hall Tuesday night.

Gainesville City Schools have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the way last year's Criterian Reference Competency Test (CRCT) was handled.

Registration is underway for cook teams for the 6th Annual
Spring Chicken Festival Chicken Cook-Off in downtown Gainesville
Saturday, April 24.

Barrow County officials say gang activity in the Winder area has increased to the point that they've decided it warrants a gang task force.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) is one of the top 100 hospitals in the nation according to a study by Thomson Reuters, an independent news and business organization.

As part of the annual Great American Cleanup campaign, which runs through May 31, the City of Suwanee is encouraging communitywide spring cleaning by stepping up code enforcement efforts.