Ken Stanford

The population of Hall County has probably topped the 160,00 mark, according to the Census Bureau.

A team from Habersham County will represent Georgia in the Senior Little League World Series which begins Sunday in Bangor, Maine.

The very wet summer of 2005 has caused the risk of flooding to be usually high across Georgia, according to one expert, who says northeast Georgia is one of the high-risk regions.

The number of Hall Countians filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance increased five percent last month.

The word that comes to my mind when I think of Peter Jennings is smooth. In a nearly 40-year career in journalism, the bulk of it in broadcasting (this part of it realtively new), I have been a student of the way the Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather

The price of gasoline increased at some places in Gainesville another ten cents a gallon over the 24 hours ending at 6:00 Wednesday morning.

An all-day celebration later this month will mark the 100th anniversary of Lula's town charter.

A group of South Hall homeowners met again Monday night to continue plotting their opposition to a subidivision planned on Light's Ferry Road.

The Lake Lanier Association plans a strong showing Tuesday at a hearing in Atlanta on sewage treatment plant discharges in Lanier and other bodies of water in the state.

I guess it's time for a "It's A Small World" piece from me. I've now been writing these essays for a year and it's obvious from what I've read over the years that it's mandatory for journalists who write such essays to do a