Ken Stanford

Crown Mountain Women

Logan Clark of Gainesville is a new junior member of the American Angus Association, according to Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national organization.

More than 150 pounds of unused, unwanted prescription and over-the-counter drugs were collected last Saturday at three Gainesville area locations.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is offering a reward of up to $2,500 in the case of a dog that is recovering from gunshot wounds suffered after she got loose from her Lake Lanier home earlier this month.

U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated. The job increases helped reduce the unemployment rate from 7.6 percent to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

Callaway Gardens is apologizing to a gun rights group that planned its summer convention there, saying its weapons policy does not permit guns on the grounds.

President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.

The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than two years, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday, becoming the first top U.S. official to publicly acknowledge the reassessment.

Rhode Island has become the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, after a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state.