Ken Stanford

Cherokee County authorities say they discovered nine illegal immigrants under blankets in a pickup truck stopped on Interstate-575 in Woodstock.

Georgia's Board of Education will hold a special meeting Tuesday to allocate federal stimulus funds to school districts.

The pilot known as the Candy Bomber for air-dropping handkerchief-tethered chocolate and gum to the children of Berlin in 1948 will recreate the historic drops in Flowery Branch Saturday.

Even with a rising level on Lake Lanier, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will continue its moratorium on new shoreline use permits.

The news is not good today when it comes to the latest earnings reports from three of Georgia's biggest banks.

Winter rains have raised Lake Lanier to its highest level since August 2007 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided to release additional water down the Chattahoochee River.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Thursday honored Jacobs Media Corp. on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.

Atlanta-based UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Thursday first-quarter profit plunged as fewer people sent packages and used premium services like next-day air amid the global financial crisis.

Gainesville Mayor Myrtle Figueras says her office door is always "open" but it will be open a little wider Friday.

Hall County firemen were called to a mobile home fire in North Hall about 10:30 Thursday morning.