Ken Stanford

The pre-dawn darkness on March 20, 1998 started much like any other for people in Hall and White counties.

William Morris of Gainesville High School and Austin Montgomery of Lakeview Academy were named as co-recipients of the District STAR Student Award at the Region 2 Award Banquet in Jasper Tuesday night.

Guns would not be allowed by default in bars and churches, though they could be carried on college campuses under a bill backed by House lawmakers.

Mark Sanford says he believes in "a God of second chances," and now the former South Carolina governor has taken the first step toward reviving a political career that was derailed by an extramarital affair.

America's lower-income workers have posted the biggest job gains since the deep 2007-09 recession - but few are bragging.

President Barack Obama is plunging into the turbulent Middle East on a mission aimed primarily at assuring America's top ally in the region and its friends back home that it will not be forsaken amid bitter domestic political squabbles and budget crises in Washington.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Meriwether and Pike counties during Monday's severe thunderstorms.

Investors are taking the latest turn in Europe's financial drama in stride.

All but ending chances for an assault weapons ban, Democratic leaders said Tuesday the firearms legislation the Senate will debate next month won't include the provision that gun-control advocates pressed for after an assault-type weapon was used in the Newtown school shootings in December.

Republican Sen. Rand Paul said Tuesday that illegal immigrants should be allowed to become U.S. taxpayers and ultimately get a chance to become citizens, a significant step for the Tea Party favorite amid growing Republican acceptance of the idea.