Ken Stanford

While about a third of Georgia's registered voters went to the polls in early and advance voting, many more are expected to vote Election Day, which is Tuesday. Some in the Gainesville area will have a lot of local races and/or issues to choose from. But for others, the list is a short one.

There were new calls Monday to extend advance voting in Georgia through the weekend in the wake of some of the computer-related problems that voters in some areas have had to contend with.

The developers of a Forsyth County subdivision have been slapped with fines totaling $14,000 by the state.

Standard Time returns Sunday morning and fire officials are urging that you check your smoke alarms this weekend, too, to make sure they are working.

It was a very busy start Friday in Gainesville for the final day of advance voting.

A Gainesville State College student and a student at the University of Georgia are charged with an incident that left a female student at UGA with second-degree burns on her body.

Seizing on word the economy shrank, Democrat Barack Obama said Thursday Republican rival John McCain would "keep driving down this dead-end street." McCain cited record oil company profits to argue that Obama's rhetoric obscures his voting record on tax breaks for Big Oil.

Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel's office has sent letters to 4,770 registered voters who are believed to be non-citizens.

State Rep. James Mills of Gainesville and his Democratic opponent, Chris Strickland, clashed often and sometimes loudly during an appearance on the Bill & Joel Morning Show on WDUN NEWS TALK 550 Thursday.

Wall Street is feeling more upbeat after a government report showing that the economy contracted in the third quarter by less than expected and after the Federal Reserve's second interest rate cut in a month. Stocks are up sharply in early trading.