Ken Stanford

UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, says it swung to a fourth-quarter profit of $254 million, though sales slid 5.2 percent and the company warned that 2009 will be one of the most difficult years ever.

The Gainesville Board of Education voted Monday night to add twelve children to the daycare program generally used only by those who work in the city school system... another move aimed at helping with current economic woes facing the system.

Additional state employee furloughs will be needed to balance Georgia's budget, the state's top Republican senator said Monday.

Commerce First United Methodist Church hosted an area wide Evangelism Rally on Saturday.

A Gainesville man is recovering from stab wounds suffered over the weekend during a domestic altercation on Dixon Drive.

A Habersham County Grand Jury report expresses concern about how long it's taking to resolves cases involving sex crimes against children.

A bill-plagued Gainesville family who tried to sell everything they own on eBay to pay for medical expenses is still downsizing.

President Barack Obama is promising a comprehensive review of the Food and Drug Administration amid a salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut processor.

After reaching a plateau in retail fuel prices for much of last week because of crude oil inventories reaching 338 million barrels, the highest level since August 2007, gasoline prices have increased significantly since Friday.

Atlanta fire officials have reopened five stations closed over the weekend after a rash of firefighters called in sick.