Ken Stanford

Jan Kemp, the University of Georgia professor who publicly criticized the school for allowing athletes to continue playing sports and stay in school after they failed remedial classes, has died.

Drought conditions have improved in parts of Georgia, but not in our area.

Much has been said about the election of Barack Obama as our next president and what it means But one thing has been overlooked, as far as I can tell: his was a win for us skinnies.

The 80-year-old founder of Pilgrim's Pride Corp. is a hero in Pittsburg, Tex., a town of 4,600, where he built a small East Texas feed store into the nation's largest chicken producer. Many who live in Pittsburg are now betting on Pilgrim to rescue his company from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filed this week in federal court.

State Rep. Carl Rogers of Gainesville says the legislature might look at expanding the use of funds from the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for education to include building maintenance.

A woman left her home and its contents to the Hall County Humane Society more than a year ago. Now the shelter has sold it all, and its bank account is much fatter.

A woman survived virtually unscathed Friday night after her car plunged down a steep embankment near Gainesville.

Gwinnett County residents may have to pay a $500 fine if they don't recycle.

A broken O.J. Simpson was sentenced Friday to at least 15 years in prison for a hotel armed robbery after a judge rejected his apology and said, "It was much more than stupidity."

Based on the recommendation of Stanley K. Tanger, the company’s Founder, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc. – which has an outlet mall in Commerce - has a new executive leadership structure.