Ken Stanford

The state Board of Education has, as expected, approved unanimously a plan to toss out scores for standardized tests at four elementary schools where cheating was discovered.

The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits last week fell to lowest level since early January, largely due to changes in the timing of auto industry layoffs.

Braselton's planning commission has recommended approval of plans for a mixed-use development that would includes retail and office space and a hotel.

The Georgia Department of Corrections says it will close Frank C. Scott Jr. State Prison in Hardwick on Aug. 15, a move that will save the state up to $10 million annually.

A South Hall family was rousted by smoke alarms in their home early Thursday, but, as it turns out, there was no fire.

Beginning Friday you'll have another day and another place to shop for produce from the Hall County Farmers' Market.

Flood waters were receding Thursday morning following up to seven inches of rain in some northeast Georgia mountain counties Wednesday.

The Department of Defense says two more members of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade have been killed in action in Afghanistan.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Union County until 10 p.m. Wednesday.

The nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama's health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul effort that's hit a roadblock in Congress.