Ken Stanford

Gainesville Eye Associates performed the first bladeless laser cataract surgery in Georgia Tuesday.

No one was injured in a wreck involving a bus and a tractor-trailer on I-85 in Banks County that closed a section of the road for several hours overnight.

Water and sewer rates are going up for City of Gainesville customers next month but not as much as projected.

Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich once praised the health care law enacted in Massachusetts by then-Gov. Mitt Romney.

Sears Holdings Corp. plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers.

The Lanier Canoe & Kayak Club's annual Polar Bear Swim will be held Saturday, New Year's Eve, instead of on New Year's Day, which is the traditional date for it.

U.S. home prices fell in most major cities for the second straight month, further evidence that the housing recovery will be bumpy.

Key parts of Georgia's new law targeting illegal immigration are set to take effect starting Sunday.

The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 - if it isn't knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.

The clock is winding down for taxpayers looking to claim deductions for charitable donations. December 31 is the last day donations can be applied to the 2011 tax year.