Ken Stanford

Hiring through the rest of 2012 will lag the brisk pace set early this year. But it will be strong enough to push the unemployment rate below 8 percent by Election Day.

There was no single blow, stomp or strike to Robert Champion's bruised and battered body that killed him as he was pummeled by fellow Florida A&M University marching band members during a hazing ritual aboard a charter bus last fall.

Tossing out President Barack Obama's health care law would have major unintended consequences for Medicare's payment systems, unseen but vital plumbing that handles 100 million monthly claims from hospitals and other service providers, the administration has quietly informed the courts.

Law enforcement personnel are seeking a third man in connection with the shooting deaths of two Stephens County residents during a home invasion and robbery early Sunday.

Old Highway 197 near the Habersham Ninth Grade Academy and Habersham Central High School has reopened after being shut down due to a fatal, head-on wreck.

Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County will host two safety fairs this week... one at New Holland Elementary School and and one at the World Language Academy.

Rain damage has resulted in the cancellation of all races at Toccoa Speedway for Saturday, April 28.

One year after a tornado left a section of Lake Burton heavily damaged and a Rabun County fire station burned to the ground, officials from that rebuilt fire station on Highway 197 are holding an open house.

Habersham County sheriff

Two people were taken by ambulance to Habersham Medical Center after a single-car wreck in rural Banks County Friday afternoon.