Ken Stanford

Who would have thought a year ago when we were still in the throes of a prolonged drought that we'd be talking about record rainfall and normal lake levels a year later? Well, that's the case.

The death toll from Friday's suicide car bombing in Pakistan is now 88 and is seen as a bloody warning to Pakistanis who have formed militias to fend off Taliban insurgents.

The mother of Hall County's first new baby of the new year and the new decade said Friday afternoon she was surprised her daughter was born as soon after midnight Thursday as she was.

A state budget crisis, continued local government cutbacks, the end of the drought and a judge's ruling sharply curtailing the state's access to water in Lake Lanier were among the top stories in the state and Northeast Georgia duirng 2009.

Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh remains hospitalized in Hawaii after experiencing chest pains similar to a heart attack.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says it will not prosecute Pilgrim's Pride Corp. for immigration violations and has dropped an investigation into workers at the chicken producer's plants.

The Tennessee prison escape who was captured in northeast Georgia Sunday night driving a stolen car says he was trying to get to his sick mama and he didn't give up without a fight, contrary to earlier reports.

Out with the old and in with the what? With the nation at war on two foreign fronts, the economy uncertain, terrorism a threat and environmental catastrophe on the list of possible destinies, a sense of starting fresh remains elusive for many, who wonder what sort of new legacy they can build beginning on Jan. 1, 2010.

It's Georgia's Civil War Heartland Leaders Trial... and it runs through what is called the state's "Civil War Heartland" beginning in Gainesville and ending in Milledgeville, there is a now a highway marker designating it as such..

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers.