Ken Stanford

Leslie McClure, a commercial account executive with Turner Wood & Smith Insurance, has been named the winner of the Insurance Professional of the Year Award by the Georgia Council of Insurance Professionals.

The stock market is opening lower as the partial U.S. government shutdown moves into a second week.

Because of the government shutdown, all federally-owned recreation sites in the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests have been closed.

Riverside Military Academy (RMA) alumnus Carlos Cervantes, '59, and his wife, Sandy, will be honored at Homecoming October 18-19.

The head of public relations and marking for the Northeast Georgia Health System, Melissa Tymchuk, and the Tourism Director for the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce, Jay Markwalter, are on this year's Georgia Trend magazine "Forty Under Forty" list.

Democrats controlling the Senate are planning to try to pass a stand-alone measure to increase the government's borrowing cap, challenging Republicans to a filibuster showdown that co

The Supreme Court is tackling a challenge to limits on contributions by the biggest individual donors to political campaigns.

It's long been known that America's school kids haven't measured well compared with international peers. Now, there's a new twist: Adults don't either.

The Georgia Supreme Court has ordered the revocation of an Atlanta city councilman's right to practice law in the state.

The North Georgia Community Foundation (NGCF) recently presented its 2013 Community Impact Grants totaling $12,500 to six area non-profit organizations.