Ken Stanford

At nearly the same time Thursday, sexual assault cases against an Army general and a former Naval Academy football player came to a close, and neither produced a conviction on that charge.

The Hall County Board of Commissioners (BOC) and representatives of the municipalities in the county plan to meet next week for a SPLOST update.

Refunds totaling almost $760 million may be waiting for an estimated 918,600 taxpayers - more than 20,000 of them in Georgia - who did not file a federal income tax return for 2010.

The Jackson EMC (JEMC) Foundation Board of Directors recently awarded $86,738 in grants, including $82,400 to organizations serving area residents.

The Wells Fargo building in downtown Gainesville was evacuated about 9:30 Friday morning after sewer gas seeped into the multi-story structure.

For uninsured people, the nation's new health care law may offer an escape from worry about unexpected, astronomical medical bills. But for Stephanie Payne of St. Louis, who already had good insurance, the law could offer another kind of escape: the chance to quit her job.