Ken Stanford

For the McClusky family, attending commencement exercises is getting to be a bit of a habit. On Aug. 3, they attended their 10th college graduation ceremony at the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Dahlonega Campus.

The Jackson EMC Foundation Board of Directors awarded a total of $107,864 in grants during their July meeting, including $97,700 to organizations and $10,164 to individuals.

Two U.S. drone strikes killed a total of nine suspected al-Qaida militants Thursday, a Yemeni military official said, the sixth and seventh such attacks in less than two weeks as the Arab nation is on high alert against terrorism.

Federal forecasters are slightly reducing their prediction for a busy Atlantic hurricane season.

The soldier on trial for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood was allowed to continue representing himself on Thursday after the judge barred his standby attorneys from taking over, despite their claims that the Army psychiatrist was trying to secure his own death sentence.

Two redesigned Honda Civic models were the only small cars to get the top rating in stringent front-end crash tests performed by an insurance industry group.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has had to relocate 18 employees in the Ocie Pope Education Building because of mold, a spokeswoman for the hospital confirmed Thursday morning. However, Melissa Tymchuk said the building was not closed.

Six Gainesville businesses are joining together under one bright green roof to celebrate the opening of Limestone Place Market, a shopping and dining venue officially opening its doors to the public Friday and Saturday.

A suspected U.S. drone strike in Yemen killed six alleged al-Qaida militants Thursday in one of the group's former strongholds in a central province, a military official said.

A measure of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits over the past month has fallen to its lowest level in almost six years, signaling fewer layoffs.