Ken Stanford

Generation Inspiration

Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but it's not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee.

The Gainesville High School Governance Council has selected Joan Hopkins, Mickey Long and Abit and Kayanne Massey to receive this year's GHS Honorary Diplomas.

It was anything but a regular school day for the 16 local middle schools students who participated in the May 4 Jackson Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) competition.

North Hall High School senior Rachel Glazer was awarded first place in the Optimist International State Oratorical Competition, which was held in Macon over the weekend.

The South Hall Republican Club is planning another political forum, this one focusing on the 9th District congressional race.

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is releasing a new television advertisement which argues that Obama saved the country from near-desperate economic straits in early 2009 and deserves a second term.

Georgia gasoline prices fell about seven cents a gallon last week, according to AAA Auto Club.

In a video released Sunday by al-Qaida, American hostage Warren Weinstein said he will be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to the militant group's demands.

Renewed uncertainty over Europe's sprawling debt crisis following elections in Greece and France weighed on stock markets Monday, with the main exchange in Athens down a massive 8 percent at one stage.