Ken Stanford

Land is being cleared for the $35 million development expected to bring a 13-story hotel and two 11-story office buildings to midtown Gainesville.

Crews were waiting for an area to cool off under the streets of downtown Savannah before they could start determining what caused an electrical explosion Monday that blew off manhole covers and knocked out power for hours to many stores, restaurants and homes.

Gasoline prices across Georgia are at their lowest level in nearly five years, and may continue to fall.

A year ago, Lake Lanier - in the throes of a major drought - hit an all-time low... a record it was expected to break earliler this month. But, while still well-below normal, the lake rebounded during the year and the level has been on the rise for 21 straight days now.

An Atlanta Journal-Constitution study of 54 public universities has found that football and men's basketball players are averaging hundreds of points lower on their college entrance exams than their classmates.

Traffic crashes across Georgia over the 102-hour Christmas holiday travel period claimed the lives of 24 people... two of them in the Gainesville area.

Progress on the reconstruction of the Exit 16 interchange in Oakwood at I-985 is running slightly ahead of schedule.

Once the gifts are open and the tree comes down, the holiday focus in Northeast Georgia turns to Lake Lanier and the annual Polar Bear Swim.

Authorities are having a difficult time identifying the man who was struck and killed by a train in Habersham County earlier this week.

New claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week and consumers cut spending for the fifth straight month in November.