Ken Stanford

President Bush has signed an executive order requiring contractors and others who do business with the federal government to make sure their employees can legally work in the U.S.

Gainesville City Schools have moved closer to gaining charter system status.

Lane closings associated with the work on Winder Highway and I-985 in Oakwood are nothing new but several are planned this week... and for extended periods of time in some cases.

A group of education and business leaders are gathering to look at how to strengthen school boards across the state.

Georgians who haven't registered to vote and want to cast a ballot in the state's July 15 primaries have one week left. The registration deadline is June 16.

A Forsyth County plant has been ordered to pay $12,000 for violating some state state environmental regulations.

Authorities in Athens say a 12-year-old boy who was struck and killed while riding his bicycle was hit by an alleged drunk driver - a Gainesville State College student - who fled the scene.

A South Hall man suffered burns to one arm when a gas grill exploded at his home Sunday afternoon.

It was not a good weekend for armed robbers in Gainesville. They went 0-2.
The latest incident occurred Sunday night.

Drivers nationwide are paying an average of $4 for a gallon of gasoline for the first time and the first time, $4-a-gallon for regular, unleaded was spotted in Gainesville over the weekend.