Ken Stanford

An indictment has been returned against a Gainesville man charged in a wreck on I-85 that killed four people.

Gainesville and Hall County are apparently the exception rather than the rule when it comes to enforcing a new state law that requires the use of a federal database on illegal aliens.

Two University of Georgia football players have been arrested and jailed on charges of simple battery. Another is a suspect in an unrelated incident.

An interim president has been named for North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) in Clarkesville replacing Dr. Ruth Nichols, who left the school last week following an internal investigation.

A series of hearings on a rate hike request from Atmos Energy, which has customers in Gainesville and Columbus, is underway this week in Atlanta before the state Public Service Commission.

Defense attorneys are trying to topple Georgia's tough sex offender law, saying it amounts to "cruel and unusual punishment" because it's by far the nation's toughest.

Here's a look at some of the new laws set to take effect in Georgia on Tuesday, the start of the 2009 fiscal year:

The Georgia Supreme Court says the Agri-Cycle plant in Talmo must remain closed.

A 32-year-old Gainesville man remained in critical condition at last check following a fight on Bolman Road in South Hall Sunday morning.

Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship of a pivotal voting constituency by vowing to revamp immigration policy.