Ken Stanford

What is the most valuable fruit crop produced in the Peach State? This is not a trick question, but you may want to pause a second before answering. Ready? It's the blueberry.

More than 1,100 have signed up for the Hall County Citizen's Alert System, which notifies residents in the case of severe weather, fires, floods, toxic environmental issues and in-process violent crimes.

Seven governors came and went during the decades-long decay of Michigan's largest city that culminated with a humiliating collapse into financial ruin. It's the eighth, former business executive and relative political novice Rick Snyder, who is aggressively tying his legacy to the prospects of a Detroit turnaround.

The Chestatee/Chattahoochee RC&D (Resourced Conservation & Development) Council has been selected to host a national wildfire safety program called "Wildfire Safe, Sound & Code Smart."

Vice President Joe Biden is making a case for overhauling the nation's immigration laws.

Runners from across North Georgia and around the world are uniting to support Family Promise of White County in a virtual charity race hosted by Sociercise.

A hearing will be held Thursday in Forsyth County Superior Court on a suit filed by the state attorney general against Cumming Mayor H. Ford Gravitt.

The audience gasped in surprise and gave a few low whistles as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel delivered the news that furloughs, which have forced a 20 percent pay cut on most of the military's civilian workforce, probably will continue next year and might worsen.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that planned peace talks with the Palestinians will be tough and any agreement reached would have to be ratified in a national referendum.