Ken Stanford

A Gainesville man has been ordered to spend the next 30 years in prison after being found guilty of child molestation.

Frustrated black lawmakers staged a walkout Friday after the Georgia House decided to delay another vote on a resolution that would have honored President Barack Obama as a politician with an ``unimpeachable reputation for integrity, vision and passion.''

The Gwinnett County Public Library System is beginning a new strategic planning process that will employ a survey that will be used to help shape the direction and priorities of the library over the next three years.

Friday is the first day of spring, the start of Georgia's traditional rainy season. However, the experts are saying it's likely to be drier than normal in most of the state.

Former Arcade Mayor Joe Sikes has pleaded guilty to charges he threatened city leaders after they pulled his business license following a fatal explosion at his oil recycling business in 2005.

Ten Republican congressmen argue that a civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office could have a chilling effect on other state and local police agencies that seek to crack down on illegal immigration.

The state Labor Department says Georgia's unemployment rate in February was 9.3 percent, the highest since rate-keeping was standardized by the federal government in 1976. Meanwhile, metro Gainesville lost 2,700 between February 2008 and last month.

Hall County is among the country's 100 fastest-growing counties, according to a report released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Five other northeast Georgia counties are also on the list.

Two pedestrians were struck by a car on Browns Bridge Road Wednedsay night, leaving one with serious injuries.

Chestatee Regional Hospital (CRH) announces that Chestatee Quick Care has opened at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Dahlonega.