Ken Stanford

Authorities have released the name of the motorcyclist who was killed in a crash on Hunter Street in Gainesville early Wednesday.

It got a bit dicey earlier in the week, but there is now enough fuel on hand to keep Hall County school buses rolling.

The Georgia Army Guard is retiring its last UH-1 ``Huey'' helicopter with a flight from Winder to Temple, Texas, Wednesday.

Tropical Storm Fay brought beneficial rain to Georgia in late August. But a very dry September has led to the return of low stream flows across the state and worse drought conditions, according to state climatologist David Stooksbury.

Recently trailing or tied, Democrat Barack Obama now leads Republican John McCain in a trio of the most critical, vote-rich states five weeks before the election, according to presidential poll results released Wednesday.

U.S. stocks headed for a lower open Wednesday, indicating stocks could extend this week's gyrations as investors prepare for a possible Senate vote on the government's proposed $700 billion financial sector bailout.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain is urging the Treasury Department to intervene aggressively to limit damage from the financial meltdown, action that McCain says President Bush can take with the stroke of a pen.

Federal immigration authorities say more than 1,150 people have been arrested in a special three-week sweep in California.

Stocks staged a partial rebound early Tuesday after their biggest sell-off in years, though financial markets remained troubled a day after lawmakers rejected a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector.

Flu shots will be available starting Wednesday at some, but not all, county health departments in northeast Georgia.