Ken Stanford

A memorial service will be held Wednesday for Lindsay Boomershine Robertson of Braselton, vice president and comptroller for Moss Robertson Cadillac in Gainesville.

Most Asian stock markets fell Tuesday in stunned dismay over U.S. lawmakers' rejection of a $700 billion bank rescue plan aimed at stabilizing the U.S. financial system. European markets opened mixed.

Two Gainesville High School students, sophomore John Jennings and junior Kelly Mattick, got to meet former President Jimmy Carter over the weekend.

Republican presidential candidate John McCain unleashed a blistering attack Monday on his Democratic rival, saying the race comes down to a simple question: "Country first or Obama first?"

A new administration center is planned for the Buford City School System.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin met Sunday with a group of military mothers at a downtown eatery, the third day of a swing through this Democratic stronghold.

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on Sunday gingerly embraced a newly negotiated congressional deal for a $700 billion bailout of the hobbled financial industry.

The state has subpoenaed sales records from 130 gas stations after complaints of price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike this month.

Warned that time was running short to bolster the distressed economy, congressional Republicans and Democrats reported agreement in principle Thursday on a bailout of the financial industry.

Sarah Palin requested and received an extension of the deadline for revealing her personal finances until the day after her only debate with Democrat Joe Biden.