Tuesday October 8th, 2024 12:37AM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
A 'hyperdrive' winter
The state climatologist says this winter in Georiga - one of the coldest in years - was on "hyperdrive."
6:29AM ( 14 years ago )
Banks Co. fire reportedly 'controlled' burn
A controlled burn in Banks County Monday has been generating a lot of smoke and raising concerns among some people.
1:55PM ( 14 years ago )
Several people hurt in I-985 wreck
Several people were hurt and both southbound lanes of I-985 at Friendship Road closed for about an hour around midday Monday because of a two-vehicle wreck.
1:51PM ( 14 years ago )
Federal regulators launch probe of big agriculture
Federal regulators will begin holding hearings this week looking at competition in the agricultural industry... including the poultry component.
11:01AM ( 14 years ago )
Forest fire danger high today
The forest fire danger in north and central Georgia is high today.
10:29AM ( 14 years ago )
State, federal probe of ranger's death launched
State and federal authorities have launched a joint investigation after a U.S. Forest Service ranger was shot and killed in central Georgia by a hunter who apparently mistook him for a coyote.
9:59AM ( 14 years ago )
State's high court to hear appeal from convicted murderer
The appeal of a man serving life without parole for a drug-related double-murder in South Hall goes before the Georiga Supreme Court this week.
7:04AM ( 14 years ago )
6.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey, kills 57
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.
6:27AM ( 14 years ago )
Ga. inmates use of medical reprieves on the rise
As Georgia looks to slash its soaring prison medical costs, officials are embracing a program that makes ailing and often elderly inmates eligible for early release.
3:05PM ( 14 years ago )
Fisherman hanging to branch saved in Chattahoochee
A fisherman clinging to a tree branch on the Chattahoochee River south of Buford Dam has been rescued... the first of two such incidents Sunday morning on the Chattahoochee.
1:40PM ( 14 years ago )