Ken Stanford

A Commerce man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting his 6-year-old grandson as the family was preparing to go on a Sunday afternoon picnic.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus says sweeping health care legislation is ``getting very close'' to being finalized.

Chestatee High School principal Bill Thompson has resigned effective the end of the month.

Jody Powell, who was White House press secretary and among the closest and most trusted advisers to President Jimmy Carter, died Monday of a heart attack.

President Barack Obama sternly warned Wall Street Monday against returning to the sort of reckless and unchecked behavior that threatened the nation with a second Great Depression.

Governor Sonny Perdue announced Monday Belgian flooring manufacturer IVC Group will locate its first U.S. plant in Dalton, creating 115 jobs and investing $70 million over the next three years.

Two Hall County schools will be receiving "Excellent in International Education" awards this week.

Plans for a wireless Internet network to help low-income people in Clarke, Barrow, Jackson, and three other northeast Georgia counties access the Internet face stiff competition for federal funds.

Leaders from the Afghan National Police (ANP), Regional Police Advisory Command (RPAC), Kabul, and coalition forces met recently to address logistical obstacles, as well as countering fraudulent activity in the supply system, and the implementation of more accurate record keeping.

Laws meant to protect youngsters from playground bullies are largely ineffective, according to an Associated Press review, and several students' recent suicides have parents and advocates calling for tougher measures.