Saturday March 15th, 2025 2:25PM

Ken Stanford

Contributing Editor
Ken  Stanford
The Fockele Garden Company names New Account Manager
The Fockele Garden Company has promoted Nathan Ausborn to Account Manager.
11:15AM ( 11 years ago )
Elizabeth Smart to keynote Boys & Girls Clubs gala
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Hall County's annual gala will feature Elizabeth Smart as keynote speaker this year.
10:18AM ( 11 years ago )
Abortion coverage for Congress under health law?
An attempt to fix a problem with the new health care law has created a situation in which members of Congress and their staffers could gain access to abortion coverage, something that currently is denied to federal employees who get health insurance through the government's plan.
9:19AM ( 11 years ago )
Report: NSA spying broke privacy rules many times
The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
9:17AM ( 11 years ago )
New home construction up 6 pct.
U.S. developers broke ground on new homes at a faster pace in July, partly reversing a sharp drop the previous month.
9:12AM ( 11 years ago )
Bert Lance, Gainesville native and Carter ally, dies at 82
Bert Lance, a Georgia banker and close ally of former President Jimmy Carter who served as his first budget director before departing amid an investigation of his bank's lending practices, has died. He was 82.
10:35PM ( 11 years ago )
Dow down 225 points, its worst day in nearly 2 months
Grim sales forecasts from two major companies and concern that the Federal Reserve will soon start withdrawing its support for the economy pummeled the stock market Thursday.
5:11PM ( 11 years ago )
Death toll from Egypt violence rises to at least 638
As the death toll soared past 600 on Thursday, weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied dead in a Cairo mosque near the flattened epicenter of Islamist support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
4:52PM ( 11 years ago )