Ken Stanford

Another member of the state legislature says he's running for the congressional seat Nathan Deal of Gainesville is vacating.

Hall County's first road project funded by economic stimulus money is scheduled to begin Monday as contracts are awarded for three Gwinnett projects.

Add Hoschton to the cities and counties in northeast Georgia now requiring unpaid furlough days of their employees.

A raccoon that came in contact with a dog in North Hall earlier this week has tested positive for rabies.

Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent.

Technical college enrollment in Georgia is at an all-time high after a 7% increase in FY 2009... with Lanier Tech reporting a 32% increase.

Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, who led a violent campaign of suicide attacks and assassinations against the Pakistani government, has been killed in a U.S. missile strike, a militant commander and aide to Mehsud said Friday.

Oakwood City Manager Stan Brown - commenting on a suit filed against the city by a fired city police officer - says his dismissal was not related to James Youngblood's military service or deployment.

The number of newly-laid off workers seeking unemployment insurance fell last week, the government said Thursday, fresh evidence that layoffs are easing.

Three teenagers - two brothers and a cousin - have been given lengthy prison sentences after pleading guilty to robbing and assaulting a Gainesville cab driver.