Ken Stanford

The Jaeger Company and Simpson Trucking Company have been named Small Business of the Year and Family Business of the Year, respectively, by the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce.

Plans are in the works for a new hospital in Newnan expected to create 500 new jobs... and there's new hope for the jobs that have been on the line at the Marietta Lockheed-Martin plant.

Burglary suspects who eluded capture despite an early morning manhunt near McEver Road and Dawsonville Highway remained at large at midday Thursday.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been posted for a large section of north and central Georgia until 6:00 tonight.

Atlanta and Gainesville are still near the top in the number of job losses in the state with Athens still near the bottom.

More federal agents will be able to investigate drug cases involving Mexican cartels... many of which have been busted bringing drugs into Hall, Gwinnett and Forsyth counties over the years under a new agreement between government agencies battling Mexican cartels.

The total number of people on the unemployment insurance rolls has dropped for the first time since early January, while first-time claims for benefits rose slightly.

The state says Georgia's unemployment rate for May has hit the highest level in history 9.7 percent.

Someone smashed through the front door of a west Gainesville drug story early Thursday but had left the scene by the time police got there.

Some trees were toppled as stormy weather moved across northeast Georgia overnight.