Ken Stanford

A bill making its way through the Georgia Legislature could prevent illegal immigrants from being able to get a marriage license or access to water and sewage service in the state.

Gainesville ranked 13th in the country last year when it comes to reports of identity theft.

Firefighters finished their work at a White County house fire around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, after some five and one-half hours on scene.

Highway 365 between Cornelia and Demorest was shut down for an hour Saturday evening while emergency personnel tended to four people hurt in a two-vehicle wreck.

A federal report shows Georgia had the sixth-largest number of illegal immigrants in the country in January 2011, months before lawmakers passed a tough law targeting illegal immigration.

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College president and global health expert Jim Yong Kim to lead the World Bank, an unconventional pick that could help to quell criticism in the developing world of the U.S. stranglehold on the international organization's top post.

A well-known Gainesville veterinarian and real estate developer has died.

The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (CID) says it is "greatly encouraged" by recent events and ongoing planning efforts to produce "a stronger vision" for the county's central business district.

Few job seekers who fail to get an interview know the reason, but Michelle Chesney-Offutt said a recruiter told her why she lost the chance to pitch for an information technology position.

Undercover NYPD officers attended meetings of liberal political organizations and kept intelligence files on activists who planned protests around the country, according to interviews and documents that show how police have used counterterrorism tactics to monitor even lawful activities.