Battling tears, the father of one of the first-graders slain at the December elementary school massacre in Connecticut pleaded with senators on Wednesday to ban assault weapons like the gun that killed his 6-year-old son.
An Ohio school board lawyer says a now-fired public school science teacher waved a Bible at his students, handed out religious pamphlets and espoused creationism in his evolution lessons.
President Barack Obama will meet Friday with the top leaders in the House and Senate, several hours past the deadline for averting automatic budget cuts, to discuss how to proceed on divisive tax-and-spend issues.
A week after being named by one group one of the 50 Best Hospitals in the country, Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has been chosen one of the nation
A Lumpkin County family recently presented Northside Hospital with a donation to its "H.E.A.R.T. Strings Perinatal Palliative Care Program" which for families that have received a life-limiting diagnosis for their baby.
USA TODAY High School Sports (HSS) is letting people across the country choose the nation's best high school sports mascot, from A (the Auks in Delaware) to Z (the Zizzers in Missouri). And, the Gainesville High Red Elephant is in the running.
A divided Cobb County Commission has rejected a controversial proposal that would have imposed new regulations aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from being hired to work on taxpayer projects.
Published reports say an unknown number of illegal immigrants have been released from federal detention centers in Georgia, such as the one in Gainesville, in anticipation of automatic spending cuts scheduled to take place effective Friday.
