Ken Stanford

The cost of care at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has increased for people who live outside Fulton and DeKalb counties, which contribute tax revenue to the hospital.

The National Weather Service (NWS) warns of the potential for more falling trees today because of strong, gusty winds expected across most of Georgia.

Another barrage of storms hit the Southeast on Thursday, spawning possible tornadoes, causing a passenger train to hit a fallen tree, sending at least one person to the hospital after lightning struck a home, and causing more widespread flooding from Mississippi to Georgia.

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) officials met with the Gainesville City Council Thursday, trying to convince the council that its use of the old Hall County Jail as a federal detention facility will be a good thing.

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has launched a new program, using federal funds, which is designed to encourage the purchase of foreclosed and abandoned homes in 85 counties, including Hall.

The Georgia school board is expected to vote Thursday on whether the Forsyth County school district can take advantage of a new program freeing school systems from many state mandates.

Saying traditional census outreach will not be enough, Hispanic groups on Wednesday urged the Obama administration to follow through now on its pledge to pass immigration reform or risk an undercount of millions of people.

The National Weather Service has placed Georgia under a high risk forecast.

Key votes on tax overhauls in Georiga may have to wait for another day.

A tree fell on a power line just after midnight causing a blackout for about 1,700 Georgia Power customers in north Gainesville.