Ken Stanford

Fire destroyed a doublewide mobile home in Oakwood Friday morning.

Six places in northeast Georgia are getting some free help in preserving historic collections in their care.

Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months, a sign builders are starting to regain confidence as they emerge from the housing bust.

The company that runs a South Carolina poultry plant knew its managers were hiring illegal immigrants at a facility raided in October, federal prosecutors said in an indictment released Thursday.

The House Ways and Means Committee early Friday passed legislation to revamp health care, approving tax increases on the wealthy to help pay for the plan.

Williams Mill Greenspace Park, located in South Hall, has been certified as a Wildlife Sanctuary by the Atlanta Audubon Society.

Longtime Gainesville businessman John Burl Hulsey has died.

The Pentagon and Congress all but dared each other Thursday to a showdown over funding for fighter jets in a multimillion-dollar squabble that each side said they were fighting in the interests of U.S. security.

The state's newest four-year college broke ground Thursday morning for its first official student center.

The City of Braselton has been approved for a $300,000 grant to upgrade the wastewater system at Braselton Business Park.