Ken Stanford

A long and busy weekend for utility crews in parts of North Georgia has come to an end... but they may not have much time to relax.

A South Carolina deputy sheriff from northeast Georgia died early Sunday morning when he was pinned between his patrol car and a tree.

Gainesville-based safety and security consultant Hal Lowder and Logistics Expert Chief Phil Chovan have returned from a trip to earthquake-devastated Haiti.

The Gainesville planning staff is recommending denial of a proposal for a group home for men on Park Street but approval of a crisis center for women and children on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and a small shopping center on Dawsonville Highway.

The Gainesville planning staff is recommending denial of a proposal for a group home for men on Park Street but approval of a crisis center for women and children on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and a small shopping center on Dawsonville Highway.

Gov. Sonny Perdue's proposal to appoint rather than elect four statewide constitutional officers is running headlong into opposition.

The continuing rain means some rivers in the northeast Georgia area are getting dangerously close to flood stage and is putting a damper on some railroad crossing work in Gainesville.

The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly in January to 9.7 percent from 10 percent while employers shed 20,000 jobs.

Toyota's president apologized for the automaker's global recalls and promised to beef up quality control by setting up a special committee he would head himself.

A Flood Warning has been issued for Forsyth County and a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Rabun County. Elsewhere, a Flood Watch continues as heavy rains fell across north Georgia overnight and continued into the early morning hours.