Ken Stanford

Al-Qaida militants staged a surprise attack Monday on a Yemeni army base in the south, killing 22 soldiers and capturing 25 just hours after a U.S. drone strike killed a senior figure in the terror network wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen.

The first woman elected to the White County Board of Commissioners has died.

More bad news about Americans' waistlines: They're only going to get bigger.

Army investigators said Monday they found no bullet wound nor evidence of foul play in the death of a soldier in Afghanistan who died during a Skype video chat with his wife.

A Jefferson woman was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta after being thrown from the truck in which she was riding at 7:35 p.m. Saturday near Cornelia.

Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze up at his city's Ivy League campus to see a way out of the morass.

U.S. stocks were under pressure after angry voters in Greece and France rejected painful budget cuts demanded by international lenders.

Gainesville High School student Angel Reyes recently received state recognition at the American Institute of Architects High School Design competition held at the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta.

The Norton Agency announces that LaVada Scarlett has joined its insurance sales team as a Life and Health Agent.

A Folk Life Festival is planned Saturday, May 19, at the Sautee Nacoochee Center from 10:00-4:00.