Ken Stanford

Braselton Mayor Pat Graham says Henry E. Braselton, a former longtime public official who served 14 years as mayor of the town his family founded, says Braselton was "the consummate mayor who embodied the good life of small town America."

Deputy Police Chief Jane Nichols who was named interim chief of the Gainesville Police Department Monday says she will apply for the permanent position.

Authorities now say both men arrested in a double murder in Dawson County will each be charged with two counts of murder.

U.S. Forest Service officials announced Monday that the Sumter, Chattahoochee and Nantahala national forests have withdrawn their decisions on recreation uses on the upper Chattooga River.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting a quota deer hunt on lands around Buford Dam January 5 and 6.

Georgia gasoline prices declined five cents-a-gallon last week.

Senate Democrats won a crucial test vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul early Monday, putting them on track for passage before Christmas of the historic legislation to remake the nation's medical system and cover 30 million uninsured.

Officials have no idea where nearly 250 registered metro Atlanta sex offenders are.

An arson unit is investigating an early morning fire that destroyed a northeast Georgia church.

Democratic leaders secured the support of Sen. Ben Nelson to provide the 60th and deciding vote for sweeping health care legislation in the Senate.