Ken Stanford

The Town of Tallulah Falls will have a new mayor come August.

A gang fight in a prison for illegal immigrants quickly escalated into a riot involving as many as 300 inmates, some lashing out with sticks or homemade knives as the uprising spread through the sprawling prison, a sheriff said.

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

President Barack Obama's preferred path to end the Iranian nuclear standoff faces a stern test this week when world powers sit down with Iran in another bid to press it to meet international demands to prove it is not trying to develop nuclear weapons.

It now will cost more to adopt an adult dog or cat in Habersham County.

Amid signs that the effort to oust Republican Gov. Scott Walker is losing ground, Wisconsin Democrats and union leaders are preparing a fundraising and get-out-the-vote push to regain momentum in the final weeks before the June recall election.

A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail - a punishment that disappointed some activists but came as a relief to others who feared he would be made a scapegoat for his fellow freshman's suicide.

Members of the Hall County Board of Assessors are attending CAVEAT (Current Ad valorem Edicts and Trends) in Athens at the Carl Vinson Institute of Government this week.