Ken Stanford

A Freeze Advisory has been posted for much of Georgia for Saturday night and Sunday morning.

President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded that Russia tighten its notoriously lax fire codes after the deadliest blaze since the Soviet era killed at least 107 people celebrating in a nightclub with a decorative twig ceiling and single exit.

Regulators on Friday shut down Ohio's AmTrust Bank, the fourth-largest bank to fail this year. They also closed five others in Georgia, including one each in Gainesville and Cumming.

A Jackson County woman has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with an advance fee investment scheme.

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for parts of north Georgia by the National Weather Service.

Mark Burkhalter will take over as speaker of the Georgia House thanks to one of the biggest scandals at the Capitol in recent memory. But the Republican said he doesn't believe the ethical cloud surrounding Glenn Richardson has created an image problem for his party or his chamber.

Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox says the schools will have a ``pretty rocky couple of years'' before state education funding improves.

A plan to close a loophole in Georgia's student-teacher sex law is picking up support, according to its sponsor.

It's "full speed ahead" for most of the Christmas parades and festivals in our area Saturday... with the exception ofFlowery Branch's.

U.S. Marines and Afghan troops Friday launched the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge, striking against Taliban communications and supply lines in a southern insurgent stronghold.