Ken Stanford

Authorities in Cherokee, Cobb and north Fulton counties have issued a warning about a con man posing as a weathly home buyer.

Several places in northeast Georgia - including Commerce and Tallulah Falls - have been approved for OneGeorgia grants and loans totaling nearly $750,000.

An 18-year-old gunman killed eight people at a high school in southern Finland on Wednesday, then shot himself but survived, police said.

Millions of Chinese-made toys for children have been pulled from shelves in North America and Australia after scientists found they contain a chemical that converts into a powerful "date rape" drug when ingested.

Drug-resistant staph infections that have made headlines in recent weeks come from what the nation's top doctor calls "the cockroach of bacteria" - a bad germ that can lurk in lots of places, but not one that should trigger panic.

Three banks robbery suspects were caught in South Hall late Wednesday morning.

Discovery and its crew returned to Earth on Wednesday and concluded a 15-day space station build and repair mission that was among the most challenging - and heroic - in shuttle history.

It's another casualty of the low water level in Lake Lanier: this year's Lighted Boat Parade has been cancelled.

Perhaps taking a cue from the City of Gainesville, the Athens-Clarke Commission has voted chaining dogs and other animals.

Macon will get a new mayor, Savannah is keeping its old one and several suburban Atlanta cities will have mayoral runoffs following Tuesday's local elections.