Ken Stanford

The Technical College System of Georgia State Board has approved the Associate of Science in Nursing Degree at the North Georgia Technical College (NGTC) Clarkesville Campus effective fall semester 2013.

The Senate has voted to kill a GOP measure preventing immigrants here illegally from taking the first steps toward citizenship until the U.S.-Mexico border has been under control for six months.

One restaurant server in Barrow County is all smiles, especially since winning a $1 million prize from the Georgia Lottery.

Americans stepped up purchases at retail businesses in May, spending more on cars, home improvements and sporting goods. Meanwhile, first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell to 334,000 over the past week.

An ex-police officer from Georgia who was injured in a train accident during a veterans parade in Texas is accused of lying about receiving a Purple Heart medal and was arrested Wednesday, Cherokee County sheriff's officials said.

The Quinlan Visual Arts Center's Summer Exhibitions open Thursday and will continue until August 17.

Forecasters are predicting severe storms for much of Georgia Thursday afternoon.

Rural America is losing population for the first time ever, largely because of waning interest among baby boomers in moving to far-flung locations for retirement and recreation, according to new census estimates.

Once-secret surveillance programs were crucial in enabling the U.S. government to thwart dozens of terrorist attacks, says the director of the National Security Agency in a forceful defense of spy operations that have stirred fears of government snooping and violations of privacy rights.

Sheriff's officials released a preliminary list Wednesday showing the Black Forest Fire northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 92 homes and damaged five more. The fire was among several that surged rapidly Tuesday along Colorado's Front Range.