Ken Stanford

The Rotary Club of Gainesville named John Burd and Jame Hemmer its Man and Woman of the Year Monday night.

With the expected winter storm hitting the city, Gainesville police are urging the public to use the department's Facebook and Twitter accounts for non-emergency questions.

The National Weather Service (NWS) Tuesday morning tried to clarify what the series of winter storm watches and warnings issued for parts of Georgia mean to the general public.

Forecasters issued an unusually dire winter storm warning Tuesday for much of Georgia, but many residents already were heeding advice to stay home and off the roads, leaving much of metro Atlanta a ghost town during the usually busy morning commute.

Lauding the "enduring alliance" between their nations, President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed French President Francois Hollande to the White House for a lavish state visit.

Lula city officials are looking at paying down the principal on the new wastewater treatment plant and, thus, reducing the debt on the facility by almost one-half.

The Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) of the Georgia Department of Public Safety has developed a contingency plan for keeping large trucks off the Atlanta Interstate Highway System, including I-285.

The Obama administration has eased the rules for would-be asylum-seekers, refugees and others who hope to come to the United States or stay here and who gave "limited" support to terrorists or terrorist groups.

State Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens says Georgians dealing with damage to their house or car as a result of the winter storm should contact their insurance agents immediately.