Ken Stanford

Kids of all ages turned out Saturday for the Gainesville Parks and Recreation Department's 10th Annual Touch-A-Truck.

President Barack Obama Saturday challenge his critics on a national health care overhaul, accusing them of making "phony claims" about the legislation while a Georgia congressman responded by accusing the President of misrepresenting his proposal.

Regulators on Friday shut down Guaranty Financial Group Inc., a big lender felled by losses on loans to homebuilders and borrowers, in the second-largest U.S. bank failure this year and also slammed the doors on two more Georgia banks.

A Barrow County man was sentenced to life in prison after a jury convicted him of fatally shooting his mother in the back with a crossbow while she slept.

Discussion of a proposed rack track in a Braselton business park has been taken off Monday's Braselton Planning Commission agenda.

Georgia's chief water negotiator says he's ``guardedly optimistic'' that Georgia and Alabama can reach a water deal by the end of the year.

Car shoppers have until Monday night to take advantage of lucrative Cash for Clunkers rebates from the government.

Government safety officials warned parents Thursday about Simplicity bassinets after two more infants - one from Habersham County - were killed when they became trapped.

The so-called "Crown Royal Bandit" is scheduled to appear in federal court in Gainesville today for a plea hearing.

The Clermont man accused of the biggest ever Ponzi scheme in Hall County history has been ordered to federal prison for 12 years.