Ken Stanford

There was a 1964 television show called That Was The Week That Was, a political satire program that poked fun at the events of the week. With apologies to the short-lived but Emmy Award-winning program, 2008 and 1968 could each, though 40 years apart and different in many respects, be termed That Was The Year That Was.

Bundle up as you head out today and if you have New Year's Eve plans tonight... much colder weather is returning to north Georgia on the wings of gusty winds which has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Wind Advisory and a warning about the dangers of grass and woods fires today.

The government says the number of newly laid off workers signing up for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week. However, those continuing to draw aid climbed to the highest level since 1982.

First it was glass and plastics, now the Dawson County Recycling Center is temporarily suspending the collection of paperboard materials.

Four people have now been arrested in connection with recent break-ins at a Braselton medical clinic.

A closely watched index shows home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record in October.

Hall County's chief tax appraiser is keeping his job, and the president of a citizens watchdog group is not happy about it.

Palestinian militants sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel on Monday, demonstrating that Hamas still had firepower three days into Israel's punishing air offensive in Gaza.

Another mission group left Riverbend Baptist Church in Gainesville Monday morning, heading to India.

The state's gasoline tax is about to go down.