Ken Stanford

Georgia's maverick Democrat Zell Miller threw his support behind Sen. Saxby Chambliss Wednesday saying he "could well be the last man standing between a far, far left liberal agenda sailing through the Senate."

The jobless rate in metro Gainesville is up .6 percent from a month ago.

Despite the economy, officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are predicting a slight increase in airline passengers this Thanksgiving over last year.

Gainesville will home to one of several new Day Reporting Centers the state Department of Corrections (DOC) plans to open over the next couple of years.

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in October by the largest amount in two years as manufacturing was battered by the overall economic weakness. There was also a decline in the number of new jobless claims.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters has announced that Georgia will receive a $110 million federal grant to help reduce Atlanta's notorious traffic and improve transit. Included will be the creation of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) lanes on I-85 in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties.

Authorities have identified the man that was killed in a Tuesday morning traffic accident in Forsyth County.

A hearing was held Monday in Winder on Barrow Regional Medical Center's attempt to halt construction of a new hospital near Braselton by Northeast Georgia Medical Center.

Asian markets rose sharply Tuesday as investors regained some confidence after a strong overnight showing by Wall Street and the U.S. government's bailout of banking giant Citigroup. European markets, which soared Monday, opened lower.

Georgia lawmakers will soon consider a measure that would ban teenage drivers from texting and making calls on their cell phones while driving -- and suspend the licenses of violators found at fault in accidents.