Ken Stanford

The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America Thursday.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been posted for much of north Georgia - including Gainesville and surrounding areas - until 8:00 this evening.

Delta Air Lines will shave additional capacity later this year because more than $6 billion in savings it was counting on will be eclipsed by declining revenues... and warns more job cuts are possible

Retail sales rose by the largest amount in four months in May and new jobless claims are down, according to two reports out of Washington Thursday morning.

The Hall County Sheriff's Office reported no new "lion sightings" overnight following new reports that came in during the day Wednesday.

Five Hall County high school seniors are named Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars for 2009.

Recycling your old electronic items keeps them out of landfills... and Hall County hopes that's what you'll do, maybe this weekend.

Italy's Fiat is the new owner of most of Chrysler's assets, closing a deal Wednesday that saves the troubled U.S. automaker from liquidation and places a new company in the hands of Fiat's CEO.

The Barrow County Commission has authorized Chairman Danny Yearwood to create a list of about 40 government jobs that will be eliminated later this month in order to make up for a projected $1.6 million budget shortfall.

For the second day in a row, there's been a report of a lion wandering along the side of the road on Dahlonega Highway near the Hall-Lumpkin County line.