Ken Stanford

Law enforcement officials in one northeast Georgia county fear dozens of guns stolen from a Jasper sporting goods store may be on the streets of Atlanta.

Retail sales plunged by the largest amount on record in October as the financial crisis and the slumping economy caused consumers to sharply cut back on their spending.

Critics of Georgia's sweeping new crackdown on sex offenders urged a judge on Thursday to block a provision that bans offenders from volunteering at churches because they say it robs them of their right to participate in religious worship.

Early Voting for the Dec. 2 runoffs in Georgia can begin Monday and while some counties are ready to go, others are not.

Jasper-based Appalachian Technical College is being added to the merger of Chattahoochee and North Metro Tech.

A Gwinnett County man who is believed to be the ringleader of an insurance fraud ring was arrested Thursday morning at his office in Gainesville.

The federal government says that the number of newly laid-off individuals seeking unemployment benefits jumped more than expected last week to a seven-year high. Meanwhile, Georgia reports a 75 percent increase in first-time jobless insurance claims in October compared with last October.

There is some encouraging news about those in the Hall County School System who are trying to learn English.

The drought is tightening its grip again on parts of northeast Georgia, and the level of Lake Lanier is now within a foot of its all time low.

A Republican congressman from northeast Georgia is standing by comments that he fears President-elect Barack Obama could be planning to rule as a Marxist dictator with his own domestic security force.