Ken Stanford

The Politically Incorrect Club at the University of North Georgia-Gainesville is sponsoring a debate next Monday on drug legalization.

A wave of bombings tore through Iraq on Tuesday, killing 65 people on eve of the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion and showing how unstable Iraq remains more than a year after the withdrawal of American troops.

Lindsey Brakhage, a graduate of Johnson High School, who is a vocal performance major at Piedmont College, will present her senior recital at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6, in the Chapel at the college

Dustin Marlowe of Orr Brown Johnson LLP has been named Gainesville City Rep for the 2nd Annual Legal Food Frenzy by the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia.

Dr. Ron Lewis was recently named chief of staff at Northeast Georgia Medical Center and other staff officials at the hospital have also been chosen.

Seven Marines from a North Carolina unit were killed when a 60mm mortar exploded unexpectedly at a Nevada military depot that's an important training facility for troops headed overseas, a Marine Corps official said.

An all-teen board appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal has recommended major changes to teen driver education strategies and asked for harsher penalties for teens who break Georgia

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which operates the North Georgia Detention Center in Gainesville, announces the promotion of Kim White to Vice President, Correctional Programs Division, from her position as Managing Director, Inmate Programs.

U.S. builders started construction of homes in February at the second-fastest pace in 4 1/2 years, further evidence of a sustainable housing recovery.

Anti-smoking advocates and health experts hailed proposals from Mayor Michael Bloomberg that would keep cigarettes out of sight in New York City stores, while tobacco companies and smokers called it an overreach.