Ken Stanford

New York City is buying one-way plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city... and many of them are showing up in Georgia.

The latest round of state-ordered budget cuts has North Georgia College & State University looking at an array of cost-cutting measures. The same is true at Gainesville State College, Georgia Gwinnett College and the state's other public colleges and universities.

The new Wal-Mart in Cleveland opens Wednesday amid new signs that progress is being made toward opening a store in Cornelia.

The state Board of Education has approved flexibility for Georgia's school districts, paving the way for systems to furlough teachers and other employees.

White County Commissioners have talked former County Clerk Jean Welborn out of retirement to serve as interim County Manager until the position can be filled on a permanent basis.

A newspaper report says Bank of America Corp.'s CEO Ken Lewis is planning to shrink the bank's 6,100-branch network by about 10 percent.

If you have business with Hall County this week, you better take care of it before Friday.

Athens Regional Medical Center officials are considering layoffs, pay cuts and health insurance increases to carve $14 million from the hospital's spending.

Damage is put at $6,000-$7,000 a result of a fire that destroyed a storage building in south Gainesville last night.

The recession has been good for attendance at the Georgia Mountain Fair in Hiawasse this year.